Meaning of PRECISELY
Pronunciation: | | pree'sIslee
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- [adv] indicating exactness or preciseness; "he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do"; "it was just as he said--the jewel was gone"; "it has just enough salt"
- [adv] in a precise manner; "she always expressed herself precisely"
- [adv] just as it should be; "`Precisely, my lord,' he said"
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| Synonyms: | | exactly, incisively, just, on the button, on the dot, on the nose |
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| Antonyms: | | imprecisely, inexactly | |
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| Related Terms: | | absolutely, accurately, all right, alright, alrighty, amen, as well, as you say, assuredly, at the gun, aye, bang, by all means, carefully, certainly, concretely, conscientiously, correctly, da, dead, definitely, directly, distinctly, especially, even, exactingly, exactly, expressly, exquisitely, faithfully, fine, flush, full, fussily, good, good enough, hear, in all respects, in detail, in every respect, in particular, in such wise, indeed, indeedy, inflexibly, ipsissimis verbis, item by item, ja, just, just like that, just so, kerplunk, like so, like that, like this, literally, literatim, mais oui, meticulously, minutely, most assuredly, naturally, naturellement, nicely, of course, OK, okay, on the button, on the dot, on the instant, on the minute, on the nail, on the nose, on time, oui, particularly, plop, plumb, plump, plunk, point-blank, positively, punctiliously, punctually, quite, rather, really, refinedly, right, righto, rigidly, rigorously, Roger, scrupulously, separately, sharp, similarly, singly, slap, smack, smack-dab, so, spang, specially, specifically, square, squarely, straight, strictly, sure, sure thing, surely, this way, this-a-way, thus, thus and so, thus and thus, thusly, thuswise, to be specific, to be sure, to the letter, to the minute, truly, undeviatingly, unerringly, verbally, verbatim, verbatim et litteratim, very well, well and good, why yes, with exactitude, with great nicety, with precision, word by word, word for word, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yes indeed, yes indeedy, yes sir, yes sirree |
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