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- adjective Used other than as an idiom: see
on ,nose . - adjective idiomatic
Exact ;precise ;appropriate . - adjective slang, Australia
Smelly ,malodorous ; often used figuratively.
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- adjective being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion
- adverb just as it should be
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