The usual spineless spokeman says that the Queen was quoted "inexactly". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-16] Reference
I would only that she returns to the lecturn and say it was her spokesman who was quoted "inexactly". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-16] Reference
Portions of it might have been transmitted inexactly. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12] Reference
I'll bite: what exactly or inexactly would constitute a "reasonably high fence"?. From Wordnik.com. [Question 3: Virtual Property] Reference
Make sure to replace all simple words with complicated ones and be sure to use them inexactly. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-08-01] Reference
Just about all non-English names for places are perforce rendered inexactly in English, anyway. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: PRONUNCIATION WARS IN TEXAS.] Reference
The internet is my hard drive, but only if my needs are immediate and my requirements can be satisfied inexactly. From Wordnik.com. [When the Internet Is My Hard Drive, Should I Trust Third Parties?] Reference
Or, rather, the villain of the piece is what Mr. Ahamed inexactly and unhelpfully describes as "the gold standard.". From Wordnik.com. [How Bullion Lost Its Luster] Reference
That's progressive rock, sometimes inexactly referred to as art rock, or occasionally referred to as "rock that will never be cool.". From Wordnik.com. [dinosaurs rule Greensboro: Yes] Reference
The statement said the queen had been quoted “inexactly” and suggested that Ms. Urbano had published comments intended to be private. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-16] Reference
Those transactions were not merely apprehended inexactly because of this; they were falsified, and it did not seem possible that there would ever be an effective simplification. From Wordnik.com. [The Shape of Things to Come] Reference
It is customary to express the equivalence of mass and energy (though somewhat inexactly) by the formula E = me2, in which c represents the velocity of light, about 186,000 miles per second. From Wordnik.com. [Out Of My Later Years]
Hard to say exactly … but not that hard to say inexactly. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Reckoning] Reference
Thus he gets a certain way toward the correct result, but very crudely and inexactly. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Mind] Reference
Nations may not inexactly be divided into those who seek and those who avoid the sea. From Wordnik.com. [A General Sketch of the European War The First Phase] Reference
A good deal which we are accustomed inexactly to call description is really exposition. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Public Speaking] Reference
Its social strata are only very inexactly equivalent to those in the countries of the Pledged Allies. From Wordnik.com. [What is Coming?] Reference
Such viruses, mere snippets of genetic material, replicate inexactly, like photocopy machines on the fritz. From Wordnik.com. [Wash Post North America] Reference
This is inexactly called the Constantinian monogram, although it was in use before the days of Constantine. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
I know, the "Summer land" has no metes and bounds, and no one pretends to know exactly or inexactly where it is. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume VIII. Interviews] Reference
He spoke and wrote French, English, and German, inelegantly, it is true, and inexactly, but fluently and intelligibly. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2] Reference
Sparks quotes 57, but inexactly, and with his usual literary manipulation; these were reprinted (1886, 16 deg.) by W.O. Stoddard, at Denver. From Wordnik.com. [George Washington's Rules of Civility]
It's a scenario that was rather inexactly predicted by Newton Emerson some four years ago, long before the incumbent Minister took up her office. From Wordnik.com. [Slugger O'Toole] Reference
Granted, granted; I was the tool of destiny in itwhat nonsense I talk, thoughthere is no such thing as destiny; it is an old habit of expressing things inexactly. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter XXV] Reference
A German poet, noticing waters coming down as Southey describes, somewhat inexactly, the waters coming down at Lodore, would be too shocked to stop and write alliterative verse about them. From Wordnik.com. [Three Men on the Bummel] Reference
14; Mt.xiv. 9 inexactly instead of "of the prince"; see Mt.xiv. From Wordnik.com. [The Johannine Writings] Reference
So, in the spirit of healthy and friendly debate, here’s your revision of the last, inexactly-worded sentence. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Activist Government” and the Rights of Minorities] Reference
Funtwo’s use of a backing track is no secret, and as for the gap, he says he recorded the audio and video independently and then matched them inexactly. From Wordnik.com. [the end of School as we know it?] Reference
“Granted, granted; I was the tool of destiny in it — what nonsense I talk, though — there is no such thing as destiny; it is an old habit of expressing things inexactly. From Wordnik.com. [A House of Gentlefolk] Reference
Many people, including myself, feel the same way about a methodology specified so inexactly that it's impossible to even determine if one is actually using it correctly or incorrectly. From Wordnik.com. [Friedman Extends Hotelling, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
(1) The most powerful political bloc in the United States can be named inexactly but usefully, "the mostly suburban mostly white middle class.". From Wordnik.com. [Stan Goff: Getting Off the Road] Reference
"Granted, granted; I was the tool of destiny in it -- what nonsense I talk, though -- there is no such thing as destiny; it is an old habit of expressing things inexactly. From Wordnik.com. [A House of Gentlefolk] Reference
You are beautiful, inexactly. From Wordnik.com. [Modus vivendi] Reference
This item is inexactly reproduced (e.g. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
"I may have spoken inexactly, Mr Tristram. From Wordnik.com. [Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House] Reference
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