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I think the matter's moot... as the use of the word 'exact' is, in and of itself, redundant. Something cannot have degrees of 'same'. Same is same. A near-likeness is a degree of similarity not 'same'.
Exactly is thus no more 'proper' than exact.
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I think the matter's moot... as the use of the word 'exact' is, in and of itself, redundant. Something cannot have degrees of 'same'. Same is same. A near-likeness is a degree of similarity not 'same'.
Exactly is thus no more 'proper' than exact.