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or not exactly

CONJUNCTION

Synonyms

WEAK

contrary to in reverse instead instead of on the contrary oppositely or not or rather rather reversing it

Antonyms

WEAK

neither nor without choice

Example Sentences

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It isn’t that the characters throw punches, or not exactly.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

Beattie does not mean to judge, or not exactly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2023

I remember that I felt paralyzed, or not exactly that, though something like that.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 11, 2019

But I’ve just seen the most effective 3-D gimmick ever made, and it isn’t exploitation schlock, or not exactly that.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2014

Then we can answer them or not, exactly as we feel disposed.

From The Lamp of Fate by Pedler, Margaret