verbatim

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in a way that uses exactly the same words as were originally used:

I don’t think I will read the whole thing verbatim to you.

She had an amazing memory and could recall verbatim quite complex conversations.

using exactly the same words as were originally used:

a verbatim account

It is not a verbatim transcript of every word spoken during the meeting.

using exactly the same words that were originally used:

Speeches were reported verbatim and often ran to several columns.