I hadn't exactly helped calm the situation down by not talking to them or looking as if this had never happened before.

"Well, I can't exactly help you with the science, you know that."

The obvious bias in your last paragraph doesn't exactly help the debate.

Do not count on the other party to help exactly.

That piece you wrote about him last week didn't exactly help your cause to be honest.

Getting busted by the feds wouldn't exactly help my current professional standing.

I had the impression that his previous contributions did not exactly help us to convince the Irish.

That has not exactly helped us to find a solution.

The fact that it's chucked down with rain for the last 3 months hasn't exactly helped either.

It wouldn't exactly help me maintain my new standing.