Sentence examples for exactly a word from inspiring English sources

OK, maybe that's not exactly a word, but you get the picture.

"Delicate" is not exactly a word I would choose to describe my favorite ragu -- based very loosely on a recipe by Jeanne Carola-Francesconinin her classic "La Cucina Napoletana".

Indeed, a Google search of his name and that term yields nearly 50,000 results, which is remarkable since "moribund" is not exactly a word one often hears in conversation or reads in print.

The last set is not exactly a word puzzle, but, it is common enough, and, is easy to solve, too.

Or that if a language doesn't have a single word for a concept (that's before we've even defined exactly what a "word" is), there can be no way to express it.

What exactly is a word, a symphony, a species?

BRESAOLA isn't exactly a household word in America.

Kalman was not exactly a household word, but his handiwork was visible on several fronts.

"Suffice it to say Icann is not exactly a household word in this country," Mr. Wyden said.

He can describe certain goat cheeses as being claylike, not exactly a selling word, but a precise way to explain the texture.

Still, environmentalism wasn't exactly a dirty word among conservatives at that time Richard Nixon founded the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970.