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[syn: exactness, exactitude]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Exactness \Ex*act"ness\, n.
1. The condition of being exact; accuracy; nicety; precision;
regularity; as, exactness of judgement or deportment.
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2. Careful observance of method and conformity to truth; as,
exactness in accounts or business.
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He had . . . that sort of exactness which would have
made him a respectable antiquary. --Macaulay.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
exactness
n 1: the quality of being exact; "he demanded exactness in all
details"; "a man of great exactitude" [syn: exactness,
exactitude] [ant: inexactitude, inexactness]