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The phrase "afraid exactly" is not a standard or commonly used expression in written English.
It may be used in contexts where someone is trying to clarify or specify the nature of their fear, but it is not idiomatic.
Example: "I am afraid exactly of what might happen if I take that risk."
Alternatives: "specifically afraid" or "precisely fearful".
Exact(3)
They were not afraid, exactly.
Christine was not afraid, exactly, but she could not imagine what lay in wait for her on the far side of the hours to come.
One of the most familiar is Ron Haviv's close-up of a dying Northern Alliance fighter with a thick stream of blood running down his chest from an unseen wound; the event looks, I am afraid, exactly as it does in the movies.
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Syrian refugees are generally afraid of exactly the same thing that Americans are: Islamist terrorism.
So what are Trump and his supporters really so afraid of, exactly?
And some lawmakers in Albany are afraid of exactly what happening?
Those guys are still afraid of exactly the same people they feared at home.
He also gets points for not being afraid to say exactly what he thinks in exactly the way he wants to say it.
I'm not exactly afraid of Duane Causwell".
"We were afraid to say exactly what we thought for fear of seeming too crazy".
He wasn't afraid to say exactly what he was thinking and to push the boundaries with his designs.
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