'zackly the same
- idiom
- Informal
:
exactamente igual
- She said her story was 'zackly the same as mine, word for word.
Examples
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Those two shirts are 'zackly the same, just different sizes.
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Is this design zackly the same as the original?
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It's 'zackly the same issue we faced last time.
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These two shirts are 'zackly the same.
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It's 'zackly the same issue we faced last time.
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She said her story was 'zackly the same as mine, word for word.
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Those two shirts are 'zackly the same, just different sizes.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Very similar in kind or quality to another thing
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2.9
Being exactly the same in every detail as another
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3.9
Exactly the same person or thing
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3.0
Exactly the same as another thing
Having the same appearance or design
Antonyms
How Identical
Surface Forms
Morphology
'zackly + the + same
'Zackly the same' is compositionally built from a modifier meaning 'exactly/precisely' plus 'the same', yielding 'exactly the same'. Although 'zackly' is an informal/eye‑dialect variant of 'exactly' and may be nonstandard, the modifier + 'the same' pattern is transparent and cross‑linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent meanings would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
'Zackly the same comes from a casual way of saying 'exactly' that drops the first sound, so 'exactly' becomes 'zackly and the phrase keeps the same to show no difference. So 'zackly the same is a playful spoken way to say 'exactly the same'.