as in accuracy
the quality or state of being very accurate
after its opening weekend, a movie's final box office gross can be estimated with considerable exactitude
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of exactitude
The bones of superb physical antics are there, but the best farce approaches it with the exactitude of an Olympic gymnastics routine.
—
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2024
Likewise, reading old C code feels like engaging in the hermeneutics of ancient script, while Coq demands the exactitude of proving mathematical theorems.
—Sheon Han, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
There were notable practitioners in the generation before him (Patrick Leigh Fermor, Jan Morris, Norman Lewis, and Ryszard Kapuściński spring to mind), but Raban’s brilliantly digressive, sometimes confessional style—with its descriptive exactitude and sardonic undertow—signaled new possibilities.
—Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 19 Jan. 2023
The Troisgros kitchen combines the experimental exactitude of a laboratory with the creative spirit of an artist’s studio and the tensely expectant energy of the wings of a theatre, and Wiseman is alive to it all.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
See all Example Sentences for exactitude 
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2024
Likewise, reading old C code feels like engaging in the hermeneutics of ancient script, while Coq demands the exactitude of proving mathematical theorems.
—Sheon Han, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
There were notable practitioners in the generation before him (Patrick Leigh Fermor, Jan Morris, Norman Lewis, and Ryszard Kapuściński spring to mind), but Raban’s brilliantly digressive, sometimes confessional style—with its descriptive exactitude and sardonic undertow—signaled new possibilities.
—Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 19 Jan. 2023
The Troisgros kitchen combines the experimental exactitude of a laboratory with the creative spirit of an artist’s studio and the tensely expectant energy of the wings of a theatre, and Wiseman is alive to it all.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
See all Example Sentences for exactitude
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exactitude
Noun
-
Information accuracy can depend on how recently the data was updated.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
8 Feb. 2025
-
The system, the automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast, or ADS-B, would’ve enabled air traffic control to track the aircraft with much greater accuracy.—
Ross O'Keefe,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
This generates affordable precision mass, deters adversaries, and protects our democracies.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
-
The Power of Phage At the heart of Parallel Health’s innovation is its unique approach to phage therapy, a treatment method that uses microbes called bacteriophages to combat bacterial infections: precision antibiotics, but safe and natural.—
WWD,
WWD,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
Each box contains three 10-ounce bags of rice that cook to fluffy perfection in just 3 minutes.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2025
-
Or home fries coated in a mix of water and cornstarch and baked to crispy perfection?—
Sarah Schutte,
National Review,
2 Feb. 2025
Thesaurus Entries Near exactitude
Cite this Entry
“Exactitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exactitude. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share