I realize now that I have tried to make my work the 'exact opposite' of my father's. [=to make my work as different as possible from my father's]
He used to be romantic, but now he's the 'exact opposite'. [=now he is not at all romantic]
He came a long way—from Nome, Alaska, 'to be exact'—to attend the wedding.
(..) Of course you didn't. He said "little idea"? Oh. Well, no. I mean, not in those words- In what words, then, exactly? The exact words aren't really- - It's more the spirit in which- - What did he say? You had a lucky hunch. I've been thinking. Instead of arguing about this, why-? (..)2008 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization Season: 1 Episode 9