Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an inexact manner; not exactly; not with accuracy or precision; not correctly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a manner not
exact orprecise ;inaccurately .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an imprecise manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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The usual spineless spokeman says that the Queen was quoted "inexactly".
Queen Sofia Unamused by a Book Quoting Her de Brantigny........................ 2008
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The usual spineless spokeman says that the Queen was quoted "inexactly".
Archive 2008-11-16 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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I would only that she returns to the lecturn and say it was her spokesman who was quoted "inexactly".
Queen Sofia Unamused by a Book Quoting Her de Brantigny........................ 2008
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I would only that she returns to the lecturn and say it was her spokesman who was quoted "inexactly".
Archive 2008-11-16 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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The palace apologized but also claimed that she was "inexactly" quoted, and the gay community more or less accepted the apology.
Citizen Crain 2008
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The palace apologized but also claimed that she was "inexactly" quoted, and the gay community more or less accepted the apology.
Citizen Crain 2008
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Or, rather, the villain of the piece is what Mr. Ahamed inexactly and unhelpfully describes as "the gold standard."
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The internet is my hard drive, but only if my needs are immediate and my requirements can be satisfied inexactly.
Bruce Schneier's Security Matters: When the Internet Is My Hard Drive, Should I Trust Third Parties? 2008
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The internet is my hard drive, but only if my needs are immediate and my requirements can be satisfied inexactly.
When the Internet Is My Hard Drive, Should I Trust Third Parties? 2008
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The point is that in such political/journalistic verbiage-the "new covenant," the "new pragmatism," etc. -- "new" is just one more of those empty-calorie words meant to convey that something is good or bold or different or important, without ever bothering to tell you exactly (or even inexactly) why.
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