Verbatim

adj. Using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word: a verbatim report of the conversation.

adv. In exactly the same words; word for word: repeated their dialogue verbatim. [Middle English, from Medieval Latin verbtim, from Latin verbum, word; see verb.]

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