Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EX-ACT'NESS
EX-ACT'NESS, n.
- Accuracy; nicety; precision; as, to make experiments with exactness.
- Regularity; careful conformity to law or rules of propriety; as, exactness of deportment.
- Careful observance of method and conformity to truth; as, exactness in accounts or business.
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