Verbatim
[vɜː'beɪtɪm] or [vɝ'betɪm]
Definition
(adv.) using exactly the same words; 'he repeated her remarks verbatim'.
Editor: Mamie--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [L.] Literally, word for word, in the same words.
Checker: Nellie
Examples
- I told her what had passed, delivering verbatim the courteous message with which I had been charged. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Three days later I read in a Richmond paper a verbatim report of these instructions. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I rang the bell and called for the weekly county paper, which contained a verbatim account of the inquest. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Checker: Nellie