inexactly

Examples

• All

• He remembered how she had seemed to him then, as two Ritas, one inexactly laid over the other.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Clinton, in a gray suit, stands smiling, his arm, with its inexactly cut-out hand, too stiffly extended to really appear to be clasping anyone's shoulder.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The case of Afro-Brazilian Spiritism, perhaps even more than Catholicism or Pentecostalism, demonstrates that the Tocquevillian parallel can be drawn only lightly and inexactly, if at all.

  Academic text (1999)

• The map shows the location inexactly, leading us to take the wrong turn.

• His memory of the event was inexactly detailed, making it hard to follow the story.

Synonyms

A

approximately

vsinexactly

524 3.2

Near the exact number or amount

can mean not exact without implying closeness to the correct value

L

loosely

vsinexactly

43 3.7

In a way that is not exact or strict

focuses on being imprecise rather than on being permissive

I

inaccurately

vsinexactly

7 4.2

In a way that is not correct or exact

emphasizes lack of exactness rather than clear incorrectness

I

imprecisely

vsinexactly

1 5.4

In a not exact or clear way that can cause mistakes

is narrower meaning not exactly rather than unclear or inaccurate

Antonyms

E

exactly

∞ 1.0

In a completely correct way

P

precisely

124 3.7

Do something in an exact and careful way

How Exact

exactly

∞ 1.0

precisely

124 3.7

accurately

163 3.0

inexactly

5.7

approximately

524 3.2

roughly

373 1.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology