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单词 perzactly
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perzactlyadv.

Brit. /pəːˈzak(t)li/, U.S. /ˌpərˈzæk(t)li/
Forms: 1800s– persackly, 1800s– perzackly, 1800s– perzactly, 1900s– persacitly, 1900s– puhzac'ly.
Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: prezactly adv., exactly adv.
Etymology: Apparently alteration of either prezactly adv. or exactly adv., after per- prefix. Compare 'zackly adv.
U.S. colloquial.
Exactly; precisely. Frequently in representations of rural speech. Cf. prezactly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > so as to match truth, exactly
rightlyeOE
rightOE
faithfullyc1425
preciselya1513
justlya1538
verbatim1566
strictly1602
exactly1662
correctlya1704
prezactly1835
sensu stricto1849
perzactly1850
'zackly1886
1850 Spirit of Times 26 581/5 The place whar yous er standin' aint perzactly healthy.
1894 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 6 Sept. 3/2 Well, no, mister, not perzackly.
1953 Pottstown (Pa.) Mercury 24 Sept. 4/5 Greta Peck is now openly admitting the end of the marital road for herself and Gregory. Well, that's perzactly what we said she'd soon be doing!
2001 C. Hirschfeld Too High i. 15 ‘You mean Edgar was shot?’ ‘Not perzactly,’ said the sheriff.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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