释义 |
ineˈxactly, adv. [f. inexact + -ly2.] In an inexact or inaccurate manner; not with perfect correctness.
1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. vii. (1858) II. 421 He [William of Orange] spoke and wrote French, English, and German, inelegantly, it is true, and inexactly, but fluently and intelligibly. 1875Whitney Life Lang. 34 All through the life⁓long process of learning one's ‘mother-tongue’, one is liable to apprehend wrongly, and to reproduce inexactly. |