No. 776 in Indonesian
tepatnya
"More precisely" or "to be exact."
In a sentence
Saya tinggal di Indonesia, tepatnya di kota Bandung.
I live in Indonesia, specifically in the city of Bandung.
Here, 'tepatnya' means 'specifically' to provide a more precise detail about the mentioned context.
Acara akan dimulai pada hari Senin, tepatnya pukul 09.00.
The event will start on Monday, exactly at 09:00.
In this sentence, 'tepatnya' is used to denote an exact time, akin to 'exactly'.
Dia lahir di Sumatra, tepatnya di Medan, pada tahun 1990.
He was born in Sumatra, precisely in Medan, in 1990.
'Tepatnya' here functions to clarify or pinpoint the precise locality, translated as 'precisely'.
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