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much

adv. "He was much annoyed"

right, mighty

adv. intensifier, as in "She was very gifted"; "He played very well"

right-down, positively

adv. "A regular right-down bad 'un": Charles Dickens"

very

adj. precisely as stated; "the very center of town"

actual

adj. taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating"

identical, selfsame, one and the same

adj. being the exact same one; not any other:; "this is the identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said yesterday"; "the very man I want to see"

concrete

adj. capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary; "concrete objects such as trees"

specifically

adv. in distinction from others; "a program specifically for teenagers"; "he is interested specifically in poisonous snakes"

real, really, truly, indeed, forsooth, in truth

adv. in accordance with truth or fact or reality; "she was now truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they don't really listen to us"

accurate

adj. conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale"

dead, unerring

adj. unerringly accurate; "a dead shot"; "took dead aim"

fine, subtle

adj. minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction"

hairsplitting, finespun

adj. developed in excessively fine detail; "finespun distinctions"

nice, meticulous, punctilious

adj. marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"

pinpoint

adj. meticulously precise; "pinpoint accuracy"

factual, actual

adj. existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"

true, genuine, sincere

adj. worthy of the name: "genuine (or true) courage"; "a spirit which true men have always admired"; "a true (or real) friend"

historical

adj. having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary; "the historical Jesus"; "doubt that a historical Camelot every existed"; "actual historical events"

proper

adj. marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners"

veridical

adj. coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson

aforesaid, aforementioned, said

adj. being the one previously mentioned or spoken of; "works of all the aforementioned authors"; "said party has denied the charges"

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