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word for word

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word for word
adv.
In exactly the same words; verbatim.
word-for-word (wûrdfr-wûrd) adj.
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Adv.1.word for word - using exactly the same words; "he repeated her remarks verbatim"
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This paper I took up, and, finding it to be a letter, I made no scruple to open and read it; and indeed I read it so often that I can repeat it to you almost word for word.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
The queen, who was scarcely less afraid of Monsieur de Beaufort than the cardinal himself, and who was almost as superstitious as he was, made him repeat word for word all La Ramee's praises of his deputy.
Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
"There is something so enchanting in the smile of melancholy," she said to Boris, repeating word for word a passage she had copied from a book.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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