exactly

ainihi, daidai

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Adverb

Positive exactly

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. You use exactly when you want to say that something is 100% true, not just close.

   The movie will start at exactly 7:02 PM.

   That is exactly the same picture that I was thinking of.

2. You use exactly to show that you agree strongly with something.

   "We can't stay here. It's too cold." "Exactly!"

Translation of exactly (by Oxford University Press)

1. daidai, daidai wà daidā̀
   1. He came at exactly 3 p.m. <> yā zō ƙarfḕ ukù daidai (wà daidā̀)
   2. That is exactly what I said to him! <> daidai àbîn dà na gayā̀ masà kḕ nan!
   3. Of course! That's exactly right! <> hakà nē sṑsai! = ƙwarai da gaske!
2. (of countable things) cur, cif!
   1. She is exactly 20 years old <> shḕkàruntà àshìrin cur
   2. It is 2:47 exactly <> ƙarfḕ ukù saurā mintī̀ shâ ukù cif