exactness.html - adj. & v.
--adj.

1 accurate; correct in all details (an exact description).
2 a precise. b (of a person) tending to precision.

--v.

tr. (often foll. by from, of)
1 demand and enforce payment of (money, fees, etc.) from a person.
2 a demand; insist on. b (of circumstances) require urgently.

exact science a science admitting of absolute or quantitative precision.

exactable adj. exactitude n. exactness n. exactor n. [L exigere exact- (as EX-(1), agere drive)]

exactness.html - adj.
1 making great demands.
2 calling for much effort.

exactingly adv. exactingness n.

exactness.html - n.
1 the act or an instance of exacting; the process of being exacted.
2 a an illegal or exorbitant demand; an extortion. b a sum or thing exacted. [ME f. L exactio (as EXACT)]

exactness.html - adv.
1 accurately, precisely; in an exact manner (worked it out exactly).
2 in exact terms (exactly when did it happen?).
3 (said in reply) quite so; I quite agree.

not exactly colloq.
1 by no means.
2 not precisely.

exactness.html - v.tr.
1 make (pain, anger, etc.) worse.
2 irritate (a person).

exacerbation n. [L exacerbare (as EX-(1), acerbus bitter)]

exactness.html - adj. & v.
--adj.

1 accurate; correct in all details (an exact description).
2 a precise. b (of a person) tending to precision.

--v.

tr. (often foll. by from, of)
1 demand and enforce payment of (money, fees, etc.) from a person.
2 a demand; insist on. b (of circumstances) require urgently.

exact science a science admitting of absolute or quantitative precision.

exactable adj. exactitude n. exactness n. exactor n. [L exigere exact- (as EX-(1), agere drive)]