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r exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts. I took a great pains to make out the exact truth. Jowett (Thucyd. )

An exactor. [R.]

Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.

ield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion. Take away your exactions from my people. Ezek. xlv. 9. Daily new exactions are devised. Shak. Illegal exactions of sheriffs and officials. Bancroft.

The quality of being exact; exactness.

In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. "Exactly wrought." Shak. His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft.

The condition of being exact; accuracy; nicety; precision; regularity; as, exactness of jurgement or deportment.

One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor.

A woman who is an exactor. [R.] B. Jonson.

Having six-rayed spicules; belonging to the Hexactinellinæ.

Belonging to the Hexactinellinæ, a group of sponges, having six-rayed siliceous spicules.

The Anthozoa.

Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.

Inexactness; uncertainty; as, geographical inexactitude.

In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor.

Incorrectness; want of exactness.

Not exact; inexact.

state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy. The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think, to judge, and to reason, with…

In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc.

In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.