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over-precise
over-precise adj. 
/ˌoʊvərpriˈsaɪs/
Brit. /ˌəʊvəprᵻˈsʌɪs/
, /ˌəʊvəprᵻˈsʌɪs/U.S. /ˌoʊvərprəˈsaɪs/
, /ˌoʊvərprəˈsaɪs//ˌoʊvərpriˈsaɪs/ΚΠ
1613 in M. C. Questier Newslett. Archpresbyterate G. Birkhead (1998) 184 Some..thinke me over precise in observinge my commission.
a1617 S. Hieron Wks. (1620) I. 45 Indeed I am not ouer precise; for I hold that to be more then needes: I am no medler with the scriptures; that I account to be beyond my reach.
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. xv. 295 We must not be over precise Edmund. As Mr. Rushworth is to act too, there can be no harm. View more context for this quotation
1993 Eng. Today Apr. 20/1 Singaporeans..often speak in a way that seems over-precise to people in southern England.
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