What is the meaning of defy?
1 : to confront with assured power of resistance : disregard defy public opinion in trouble for defying a court order. 2 : to resist attempts at : withstand the paintings defy classification a decision that defies all logic. 3 : to challenge to do something considered impossible : dare defied us to name a better movie.
Do you pronounce the T in exactly?
But when we add the -ly ending, it now comes between two consonants. You‘ll hear a lot of native speakers say ‘exactly‘, with no T sound. Exactly, exactly. Almost no one will say ‘exactly‘, with a True T.