Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. In a precise manner.
- adv. Used as an intensive: Inferior equipment was precisely the reason some hikers refused to continue the climb.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In a precise or exact manner; accurately; definitely; exactly; just.
- With strict conformity to rule; punctiliously; nicely; with over-scrupulous exactness in ceremony or behavior.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- adv. in a precise manner
- adv. just as it should be
- adv. indicating exactness or preciseness
Etymologies
- precise + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Well, then, you shall be married precisely -- _precisely_, now mind!”
“And it's such a terrible thing that we have to be careful to use the term precisely, because otherwise it could lead to our taking rape less seriously.”
“Agreeing with commenter YS, and being a fan of jazz, I would bet that an author that much in love with both America and jazz would choose the term precisely for its resonance with many older readers.”
“Enthusiasts and critics alike embrace the term precisely because it advances the argument that the Augmented is the Other - and either an aspiration or a nightmare, as a result.”
“And as the definition of 'progressive' is a pet topic of mine, I think lefties should define the term precisely before debating whether something fits the term.”
“People complain that other social sciences and humanities are not precise enough, and then object when we wish to use a term precisely!”
“She could read his expression precisely: It said, I told you not to trust Schiller.”
“Neither label precisely describes the strange hybrid that now purports to run the country but many Zimbabweans both in and outside the country must be finding it hard to come to terms with the notion of sharing power with the very same people who were intent on beating your brains out yesterday.”
“I like "Friendly Atheist" as a title precisely because it counterpoints our most outspoken ideological cousins, who tend to be so loudly mean and derogatory.”
“This has played out in precisely this fashion in housing, education, energy and food.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘precisely’.
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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conceptwriter's Words
sloth, jackass, dickhead, technostalgic, futuristic, enigma, impact, addict, nasty, premium, extraordinaire, yearning and 262 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Daily Show and Colbert Musings
They put the fake in fake news, and they're still more real than the real news. Go figure!
catastrofuck, gee whiz, looting, correspondent, precisely, reprisal, numbnuts, callous, terrestrial, capper, report, sociopath and 114 more...
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WrightHandWords's Words
yclept, unction, prana, satya, abhyasa, vairagya, yoga, ashtanga, acronym, etymology, asana, widget and 286 more...
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Obviously!
Adverbs to make it perfectly clear that what I'm talking about is 100% correct, beyond the shadow of a doubt, no debate required thankyouverymuch. If you can't see that, you need to get your head e...
obviously, clearly, plainly, undeniably, simply, unquestionably, certainly, indubitably, expectedly, unsurprisingly, definitely, glaringly and 31 more...
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OM1 Lesson 11
Texas, precisely, down, knew, northern, southern, eastern, western, New Mexico, Montana, get away, whole and 10 more...
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scrap 1
siroco, observe, disrupt, contemplate, intensity, illicit, reckless, predicament, code, tattle, gossip, fizzle and 38 more...
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minionmaster's Words
contemplating, slightly, shackles, wristguards, kneepads, serenity, reactant, lithium, argon, oxygen, dire, immense and 82 more...
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overused in my papers: to avoid
provocative, entanglement, privilege, superficially, obvious, arguably, admittedly, moralizing, precisely
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