/prɪˈsaɪsli/
Translation
Exactly; with no mistake in the details.
Word origin
From Latin praecisus, meaning cut short: something precise is cut to exactly the right size.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- praecisus
- English cognates
- precise, precision
Examples
o'.
"Precisely nine" means nine exactly, not a minute later.
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Here "precisely" agrees strongly, like "exactly".
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To do something precisely is to do it with great care.
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Grammar articles
(6)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
Future in the past: was going to, would, was about to, and the grammar of plans that failed
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
Irregular verbs in English: the full list by pattern
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
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