The film doesn't exactly disappoint but nor does it satisfy.
It does not exactly disappoint: the arching melodic line is cushioned by sweetly pungent harmony.
The Huffington Post reported last June that shoppers with a "frumpy" style, who turned to JCPenney because it offered exactly that, were disappointed with the hipper clothes the company's new CEO Ron Johnson introduced into the store.
When "Santa" didn't get it exactly right, he was disappointed instead of thrilled at the new toy he had just received.
On the other hand, you might not like yourself for clicking on a headline about Kim Kardashian or cute pugs — but if you click, then you can't exactly claim to be disappointed when you're served a superficial, gossipy story, or a gallery of unbearably cute dog photos.
He looks disappointed, and does exactly what he's just talked about – masks his feelings in a joke.
But just like the politician that he occasionally texts, Jay Z is exactly who should disappoint us, unless our admiration is mute conformity and our optimism was a party smile.
"I'm deeply disappointed but not exactly surprised," said Andrew Jay Schwartzman, president of the Media Access Project, a nonpartisan group that promotes diversity on the airwaves.
When we found out we were having a girl, I wasn't exactly upset, but I was disappointed that my selfish wishes were not coming true.
