<adv.all> he repeated her remarks verbatim [ adj ]
in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
<adj.all> a direct quotation repeated their dialog verbatim
Verbatim \Ver*ba"tim\, adv. [LL., fr. L. verbum word.] Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it.
{Verbatim et literatim} [LL.], word for word, and letter for letter.
The Congressional Record is the verbatim record of every word said on the floor of the Senate and the House _ except for when it isn't.
He began writing down verbatim what patients told him, so that he could use their own words in court if necessary.
The lead paragraph in Ms. Totenberg's story repeated, virtually verbatim, five sentences of the Post paragraph.
Major speeches are carried verbatim.
He has been known to cite documents almost verbatim in legislative meetings, and he almost never speaks from a prepared text.
Her spiel sounds like so much verbatim reportage. Michael Elwyn directs this revival.
Yale's verbatim reporting of the sometimes racy testimony became a landmark case in AP trial coverage.
The Chicago Sun-Times announced June 12 it was dropping a California-based columnist on aging because portions of two columns were taken almost verbatim from articles in The New York Times.
In response to a Journal inquiry, a Harris spokesperson on Monday acknowledged, "That was not a verbatim quote.
The CIA and other agencies also object to the judge's requirement that the full text of intelligence reports be presented verbatim.