as in directly
in the same words an ad verbum translation if the giver of the oath mangles the wording, should one repeat after him ad verbum?

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Adverb
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Start cucumbers, squash and melons in large pots now for transplant in a few weeks or seed them directly in the ground toward the end of the month.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Hiring managers and talent management professionals must accurately predict future talent needs while assessing the current supply and demand of talent.
    Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Colors won't be represented as accurately as on an LCD or OLED screen, since E-Ink supports just 4,096 colors, rather than millions.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Distilled down, but the essence of the work and many passages from Melville are word for word in the opera.
    Shivani Vora, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Tom Petty sang this one, word for word, while Jim shook a tam- bourine.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
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“Ad verbum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ad%20verbum. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.

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