preciselyadv.

Brit.

/prᵻˈsʌɪsli/, U.S.

/priˈsaɪsli/,

/prəˈsaɪsli/

Forms: see precise adv. and adj. and -ly suffix²; also Middle English precisly, 1500s percysly, 1500s precysly, 1500s presislie; Scottish pre-1700 precislie, pre-1700 precisly, pre-1700 precyslie, pre-1700 presislie, pre-1700 presyslie.

Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Apparently a borrowing from French; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Or perhaps a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: French precise ; Latin praecīsus , -ly suffix².

Etymology: Apparently < either Middle French precise or its etymon classical Latin praecīsus precise adj. + -ly suffix², after classical Latin praecīsē precise adv. and Anglo-Norman precisément (a1377 or earlier) and Middle French precisement (1314 in Old French; French précisément ). Compare precise adv., and later precise adj. and discussion at that entry.

a. With precise or exact correspondence, in every detail; with complete accuracy; with precise identification, with definite knowledge.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb]

rightlyeOE

righteOE

evenOE

evenlya1225

redlyc1275

justicelya1375

justilya1375

justlya1375

redilya1375

trulya1375

properlya1382

precisec1392

preciselyc1392

truec1392

straitlya1395

leala1400

arightc1405

by linec1420

justlyc1425

featlya1450

rule-righta1450

to the letter?1495

exquisitely1526

evenliklya1530

very1530

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jump1539

just1568

accurately1581

punctually1581

jumplya1586

arights1596

just so1601

plumb1601

compassly1606

nicelya1616

squarely1626

justa1631

adequately1632

mathematicallya1638

critically1655

exquisitively1660

just1665

pointedly1667

faithfully1690

correctlya1704

jus1801

jest1815

jes1851

neat1875

cleanly1883

on the nose1883

smack-dab1892

spot on1920

forensically1974

c1392 Equatorie of Planetis 26 But so be þat bothe the closeres of the signes be precisly ilike of widnesse..thyn epicicle is fals.

?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 176^v (MED) Þe maner of sublimacioun maie not be writen precisely, neiþer knowen, but ȝif a man sawe hem ofte tymes sublimed.

1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Aiiij^v Do not imitate So iumpingly, so precyselie And step, for step so strayte.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 819 To point out precisely the very place..passeth my skill.

1688 R. Blackbourn Clitie ii. 126 Clitie in the reading saw some tracts of a Hand she had formerly known, though she cou'd not precisely say whose it was.

1742 R. Manning Moral Entertainm. I. ix. 129 God..can make an exact Enumeration of the Number of Drops which suffice to compose that vaste Body of Waters; because both the one and the other are limited, and have their Bounds precisely measured out.

1783 Ld. Hailes Disquis. Antiq. Christian Church ii. 39 (note) The date is not precisely known.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 156 Crystals have probably never been produced..precisely answering to the articulated basaltic pillars.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xiv. 303 Their reports..did not always agree precisely with each other.

a1894 R. L. Stevenson Weir of Hermiston (1896) vii. 221 He had done something disgraceful, my dear. What, was not precisely known.

1940 L. Trilling in Kenyon Rev. 2 165 Even if the author's intention were—as it cannot be—precisely determinable, the meaning of a work cannot lie in intention alone.

1991 S. Gibson & R. Gibson Homoeopathy for Everyone (new ed.) xi. 185 The potency of each remedy and the frequency and duration of dosage can also be measured precisely.

b. Expressing exact or precise specification of time, number, position, etc.; exactly, just.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] > exactly so, just

rightOE

evenOE

alrightOE

allOE

evenlya1375

preciselyc1443

very1530

meet1543

on the spot1884

(right) on the button1925

spot on2009

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 385 (MED) Þer may no stable reule be ȝouun and assigned to telle hou myche tyme precisely ouȝte be spende aboute oon kynde of þese meenal servicis.

1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation ii. vi. sig. Dvi By these meanes is knowen precisely the day, houre, and minute of the coniunction and opposition.

1652 G. Collier Vindic. Sabbath (1656) 39 The day Christ calls his day..is precisely the day of his birth.

1688 G. Sinclair Princ. Astron. & Navigation 17 It is found that their number was yet justly and precisely six hundred three thousand five hundred and fifty men.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 452. ¶5 It being my Design to put out my Paper every Night at Nine a Clock precisely.

1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph III. 241 Precisely at six o'clock, I heard a coach stop at the door.

1800 J. Moore Mordaunt II. lii. 293 She would, most probably, have been forsaken by all her female acquaintance, had not the virgin Diana arrived precisely at that time from abroad.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ii. 72 That is precisely what I wanted to say a few words about to you.

1906 H. Black Edinb. Serm. 115 The apostle holds the precisely opposite view.

1922 V. Woolf Jacob's Room ii. 37 He..set out from the house with the flagstaff precisely at four o'clock in the afternoon.

1992 L. Gordon Shared Lives ii. 15 I felt easy with her precisely because she had no notion of being gracious but was awkward, loving, spontaneous.

c. Used alone as a reply to confirm or agree entirely with a previous statement: just so; yes. Cf. exactly adv. 5c.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > assent > [adverb] > expression of assent > exactly or just so

just1529

precisely1765

1765 S. Foote Commissary iii. 50 Mrs. Mechlin Very well, if you will call in half an hour at farthest, I believe we shall finish the business. Young Loveit In half an hour? Mrs. Mechlin Precisely.

1817 J. N. Barker How to try Lover i. ii. 18 Count Arandez You actually send that hussey to the man you intend for your daughter's husband? Count Almeyda Precisely.

1892 A. Conan Doyle Adventures Sherlock Holmes vii. 159 ‘What clue could you have as to his identity?’ ‘Only as much as we can deduce.’ ‘From his hat?’ ‘Precisely.’

1906 A. Stringer Wire Tappers 100 ‘Now, nitro-glycerine I object to, it's so abominably crude.’.. ‘And so odiously criminal!’ she interpolated. ‘Precisely. We're not exactly yeggmen yet.’

1949 D. Sinclair Secret Riders Farm ix. 113 ‘We have simply pointed out that if they are wise—and you are too—you will be released unharmed in two days time.’ ‘You mean if they don't try to spill the beans?’ ‘Precisely.’

1990 P. Auster Music of Chance iv. 72 ‘It's good for the circulation,’ Stone said. ‘Precisely,’ Flower said. ‘It puts some juice in the old ticker.’

†2.

a. Entirely, absolutely. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > utterly

allOE

outlyOE

thwert-outc1175

skerea1225

thoroughc1225

downrightc1275

purec1300

purelyc1300

faira1325

finelyc1330

quitec1330

quitelyc1330

utterlyc1374

outerlya1382

plainlya1382

straighta1387

allutterly1389

starkc1390

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barec1400

outrightc1400

incomparablyc1422

absolutely?a1425

simpliciter?a1425

staringa1425

quitementa1450

properlyc1450

directly1455

merec1475

incomparable1482

preciselyc1503

clean?1515

cleara1522

plain1535

merely1546

stark1553

perfectly1555

right-down1566

simply1574

flat1577

flatly1577

skire1581

plumb1588

dead?1589

rankly1590

stark1593

sheera1600

start1599

handsmooth1600

peremptory1601

sheerly1601

rank1602

utter1619

point-blank1624

proofa1625

peremptorily1626

downrightly1632

right-down1646

solid1651

clever1664

just1668

hollow1671

entirely1673

blank1677

even down1677

cleverly1696

uncomparatively1702

subtly1733

point1762

cussed1779

regularly1789

unqualifiedly1789

irredeemably1790

positively1800

cussedly1802

heart1812

proper1816

slick1818

blankly1822

bang1828

smack1828

pluperfectly1831

unmitigatedly1832

bodaciously1833

unredeemedly1835

out of sight1839

bodacious1845

regular1846

thoroughly1846

ingrainedly1869

muckinga1880

fucking1893

motherless1898

self1907

stone1928

sideways1956

terminally1974

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xij^v/2 From y^e office of aldyrmanry vtterly and percysly to cessen.

1552 R. Ascham in Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 11 My purpose is preciselie bent to mynde all dewtie.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 768 If shee percase be so obstinate and so precisely set vpon her awne will and opinion, that [etc.].

1584 W. Warner Pan his Syrinx vi. xl. 117 Sweare maye I without sinne, that women are not so precisely good, as you preted to make them.

1629 F. Hubert Hist. Edward II 2 Since neuer State was so precisely good But faults haue scap'd, which could not be withstood.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 49 I prescribe not these places so precisely, as that he may not live in others.

b. In definite or precise terms; expressly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > so as to match truth, exactly

rightlyeOE

rightOE

faithfullyc1425

preciselya1513

justlya1538

verbatim1566

strictly1602

exactly1662

correctlya1704

prezactly1835

sensu stricto1849

perzactly1850

'zackly1886

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [adverb] > explicitly

in termsc1400

apresslya1450

expressly1509

preciselya1513

by termsa1525

formally1526

expressedlya1555

explicately1606

pointingly1607

evolvedlya1641

exactly1646

syllabically1654

explicitlya1657

pointedly1775

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxlv. f. clxvi^v Anon he demed y^e contrary & sayd presysely y^t other they must gyue Batayll to theyr enemyes, or ellys they must flee w^t shame.

1560 A. L. tr. J. Calvin Foure Serm. Song Ezechias (1561) i. A viij b Ther be also other more impudent, whiche..do plainly & precisely deny it to be sinne.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. ii. sig. G.viij^v/2 God doth simply offer him selfe to vs, and precisely set downe what he will be to vs ward.

a1626 J. Fletcher & W. Rowley Maid in Mill (1647) iv. ii. 21 With an unheedfull eye, An accidentall view, as men see multitudes That the next day dare not precisely say They saw that face, or that amongst 'm all, Didst thou so look on her?

3. With strict observance of rule or usage; rigorously, scrupulously; punctiliously, with complete propriety.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adverb] > conformably > strictly

precisely1526

strictly1597

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [adverb] > with observance of social formality

precisely1526

punctually1598

formally?1611

nicelya1616

punctiliously1698

starchly1755

pokerishly1867

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] > strictly

strait1338

smally1340

at point devicec1390

point-devicec1425

precisely1526

to the point device1542

just1549

rigorously1561

by the square1570

curiously1573

by point device1575

in print1576

to a tittle1597

nicelya1616

to a hair's breadtha1616

point-vice1641

to a nicka1680

to a cow's thumb1681

to a tee1693

narrowly1708

scrupulously1712

to a dot1728

perjinkly1775

to a nicety1795

astringently1866

to a fit1890

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Si Whiche..yet to this present daye, kepe the letter of the lawe of Moyses in many thynges precisely.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 501 b Wherefore if neither this reuerend Byshopp..is able to behaue himselfe so precisely, but that he must flee dayly with vs to the mercy seate and compassion of God: where be then these glorious crakes of integrity?

1649 Platform Church Discipline (Cambridge Synod) 2 It is not intended to bind apprehensions precisely in point of order or method.

1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 26 Like a wise Philosopher, conforms to Time and Place most precisely.

1837 B. Disraeli Venetia I. 148 His other features small, though precisely moulded.

1867 A. Cary Bishop's Son i. 16 Her mother sitting straight and formal in her chair, her long veil drifting over her shoulder, and her shawl of black silk pinned precisely across her bosom.

1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart iii. iv. 395 Eddie, with his face entirely stiff, picked up the forgotten dead daisies from the table, doubled their stalks up and put them precisely into the waste paper basket.

1982 A. S. Dale Outl. Sanity vi. 74 Rather than being asked to follow precisely the editorial party line, Chesterton was left free.

2001 Australian (Nexis) 29 Nov. m16 A horror film that neatly and precisely repudiates every convention of the form.

†4. Particularly, specifically; in particular. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adverb]

precisely1532

specificativelyc1600

specifically1646

specificly1650

1532 T. More Confut. Barnes in Wks. (1557) 782/2 As touching saint Paule, he spake not in that place precisely of y^e scripture.

1653 G. Ashwell Fides Apostolica 124 Cajetan there speakes of Symbolum in generall, not of the Apostles Creed precisely.

1654 T. Warren Vnbeleevers 189 The matter..was..precisely and abstractively considered.

1697 J. Humfrey Righteousness God iv. 55 It may be consider'd Precisely in itself, or Complexly with its Antecedents, and Consequents.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	precisely
释义	preciselyadv. Brit. /prᵻˈsʌɪsli/, U.S. /priˈsaɪsli/, /prəˈsaɪsli/ Forms: see precise adv. and adj. and -ly suffix²; also Middle English precisly, 1500s percysly, 1500s precysly, 1500s presislie; Scottish pre-1700 precislie, pre-1700 precisly, pre-1700 precyslie, pre-1700 presislie, pre-1700 presyslie. Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Apparently a borrowing from French; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Or perhaps a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: French precise ; Latin praecīsus , -ly suffix². Etymology: Apparently < either Middle French precise or its etymon classical Latin praecīsus precise adj. + -ly suffix², after classical Latin praecīsē precise adv. and Anglo-Norman precisément (a1377 or earlier) and Middle French precisement (1314 in Old French; French précisément ). Compare precise adv., and later precise adj. and discussion at that entry. 1. a. With precise or exact correspondence, in every detail; with complete accuracy; with precise identification, with definite knowledge. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] rightlyeOE righteOE evenOE evenlya1225 redlyc1275 justicelya1375 justilya1375 justlya1375 redilya1375 trulya1375 properlya1382 precisec1392 preciselyc1392 truec1392 straitlya1395 leala1400 arightc1405 by linec1420 justlyc1425 featlya1450 rule-righta1450 to the letter?1495 exquisitely1526 evenliklya1530 very1530 absolutely1538 jump1539 just1568 accurately1581 punctually1581 jumplya1586 arights1596 just so1601 plumb1601 compassly1606 nicelya1616 squarely1626 justa1631 adequately1632 mathematicallya1638 critically1655 exquisitively1660 just1665 pointedly1667 faithfully1690 correctlya1704 jus1801 jest1815 jes1851 neat1875 cleanly1883 on the nose1883 smack-dab1892 spot on1920 forensically1974 c1392 Equatorie of Planetis 26 But so be þat bothe the closeres of the signes be precisly ilike of widnesse..thyn epicicle is fals. ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 176^v (MED) Þe maner of sublimacioun maie not be writen precisely, neiþer knowen, but ȝif a man sawe hem ofte tymes sublimed. 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Aiiij^v Do not imitate So iumpingly, so precyselie And step, for step so strayte. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 819 To point out precisely the very place..passeth my skill. 1688 R. Blackbourn Clitie ii. 126 Clitie in the reading saw some tracts of a Hand she had formerly known, though she cou'd not precisely say whose it was. 1742 R. Manning Moral Entertainm. I. ix. 129 God..can make an exact Enumeration of the Number of Drops which suffice to compose that vaste Body of Waters; because both the one and the other are limited, and have their Bounds precisely measured out. 1783 Ld. Hailes Disquis. Antiq. Christian Church ii. 39 (note) The date is not precisely known. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 156 Crystals have probably never been produced..precisely answering to the articulated basaltic pillars. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xiv. 303 Their reports..did not always agree precisely with each other. a1894 R. L. Stevenson Weir of Hermiston (1896) vii. 221 He had done something disgraceful, my dear. What, was not precisely known. 1940 L. Trilling in Kenyon Rev. 2 165 Even if the author's intention were—as it cannot be—precisely determinable, the meaning of a work cannot lie in intention alone. 1991 S. Gibson & R. Gibson Homoeopathy for Everyone (new ed.) xi. 185 The potency of each remedy and the frequency and duration of dosage can also be measured precisely. b. Expressing exact or precise specification of time, number, position, etc.; exactly, just. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] > exactly so, just rightOE evenOE alrightOE allOE evenlya1375 preciselyc1443 very1530 meet1543 on the spot1884 (right) on the button1925 spot on2009 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 385 (MED) Þer may no stable reule be ȝouun and assigned to telle hou myche tyme precisely ouȝte be spende aboute oon kynde of þese meenal servicis. 1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation ii. vi. sig. Dvi By these meanes is knowen precisely the day, houre, and minute of the coniunction and opposition. 1652 G. Collier Vindic. Sabbath (1656) 39 The day Christ calls his day..is precisely the day of his birth. 1688 G. Sinclair Princ. Astron. & Navigation 17 It is found that their number was yet justly and precisely six hundred three thousand five hundred and fifty men. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 452. ¶5 It being my Design to put out my Paper every Night at Nine a Clock precisely. 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph III. 241 Precisely at six o'clock, I heard a coach stop at the door. 1800 J. Moore Mordaunt II. lii. 293 She would, most probably, have been forsaken by all her female acquaintance, had not the virgin Diana arrived precisely at that time from abroad. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ii. 72 That is precisely what I wanted to say a few words about to you. 1906 H. Black Edinb. Serm. 115 The apostle holds the precisely opposite view. 1922 V. Woolf Jacob's Room ii. 37 He..set out from the house with the flagstaff precisely at four o'clock in the afternoon. 1992 L. Gordon Shared Lives ii. 15 I felt easy with her precisely because she had no notion of being gracious but was awkward, loving, spontaneous. c. Used alone as a reply to confirm or agree entirely with a previous statement: just so; yes. Cf. exactly adv. 5c. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [adverb] > expression of assent > exactly or just so just1529 precisely1765 1765 S. Foote Commissary iii. 50 Mrs. Mechlin Very well, if you will call in half an hour at farthest, I believe we shall finish the business. Young Loveit In half an hour? Mrs. Mechlin Precisely. 1817 J. N. Barker How to try Lover i. ii. 18 Count Arandez You actually send that hussey to the man you intend for your daughter's husband? Count Almeyda Precisely. 1892 A. Conan Doyle Adventures Sherlock Holmes vii. 159 ‘What clue could you have as to his identity?’ ‘Only as much as we can deduce.’ ‘From his hat?’ ‘Precisely.’ 1906 A. Stringer Wire Tappers 100 ‘Now, nitro-glycerine I object to, it's so abominably crude.’.. ‘And so odiously criminal!’ she interpolated. ‘Precisely. We're not exactly yeggmen yet.’ 1949 D. Sinclair Secret Riders Farm ix. 113 ‘We have simply pointed out that if they are wise—and you are too—you will be released unharmed in two days time.’ ‘You mean if they don't try to spill the beans?’ ‘Precisely.’ 1990 P. Auster Music of Chance iv. 72 ‘It's good for the circulation,’ Stone said. ‘Precisely,’ Flower said. ‘It puts some juice in the old ticker.’ †2. a. Entirely, absolutely. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > utterly allOE allOE outlyOE thwert-outc1175 skerea1225 thoroughc1225 downrightc1275 purec1300 purelyc1300 faira1325 finelyc1330 quitec1330 quitelyc1330 utterlyc1374 outerlya1382 plainlya1382 straighta1387 allutterly1389 starkc1390 oultrelya1393 plata1393 barec1400 outrightc1400 incomparablyc1422 absolutely?a1425 simpliciter?a1425 staringa1425 quitementa1450 properlyc1450 directly1455 merec1475 incomparable1482 preciselyc1503 clean?1515 cleara1522 plain1535 merely1546 stark1553 perfectly1555 right-down1566 simply1574 flat1577 flatly1577 skire1581 plumb1588 dead?1589 rankly1590 stark1593 sheera1600 start1599 handsmooth1600 peremptory1601 sheerly1601 rank1602 utter1619 point-blank1624 proofa1625 peremptorily1626 downrightly1632 right-down1646 solid1651 clever1664 just1668 hollow1671 entirely1673 blank1677 even down1677 cleverly1696 uncomparatively1702 subtly1733 point1762 cussed1779 regularly1789 unqualifiedly1789 irredeemably1790 positively1800 cussedly1802 heart1812 proper1816 slick1818 blankly1822 bang1828 smack1828 pluperfectly1831 unmitigatedly1832 bodaciously1833 unredeemedly1835 out of sight1839 bodacious1845 regular1846 thoroughly1846 ingrainedly1869 muckinga1880 fucking1893 motherless1898 self1907 stone1928 sideways1956 terminally1974 c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xij^v/2 From y^e office of aldyrmanry vtterly and percysly to cessen. 1552 R. Ascham in Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 11 My purpose is preciselie bent to mynde all dewtie. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 768 If shee percase be so obstinate and so precisely set vpon her awne will and opinion, that [etc.]. 1584 W. Warner Pan his Syrinx vi. xl. 117 Sweare maye I without sinne, that women are not so precisely good, as you preted to make them. 1629 F. Hubert Hist. Edward II 2 Since neuer State was so precisely good But faults haue scap'd, which could not be withstood. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 49 I prescribe not these places so precisely, as that he may not live in others. b. In definite or precise terms; expressly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > so as to match truth, exactly rightlyeOE rightOE faithfullyc1425 preciselya1513 justlya1538 verbatim1566 strictly1602 exactly1662 correctlya1704 prezactly1835 sensu stricto1849 perzactly1850 'zackly1886 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [adverb] > explicitly in termsc1400 apresslya1450 expressly1509 preciselya1513 by termsa1525 formally1526 expressedlya1555 explicately1606 pointingly1607 evolvedlya1641 exactly1646 syllabically1654 explicitlya1657 pointedly1775 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxlv. f. clxvi^v Anon he demed y^e contrary & sayd presysely y^t other they must gyue Batayll to theyr enemyes, or ellys they must flee w^t shame. 1560 A. L. tr. J. Calvin Foure Serm. Song Ezechias (1561) i. A viij b Ther be also other more impudent, whiche..do plainly & precisely deny it to be sinne. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. ii. sig. G.viij^v/2 God doth simply offer him selfe to vs, and precisely set downe what he will be to vs ward. a1626 J. Fletcher & W. Rowley Maid in Mill (1647) iv. ii. 21 With an unheedfull eye, An accidentall view, as men see multitudes That the next day dare not precisely say They saw that face, or that amongst 'm all, Didst thou so look on her? 3. With strict observance of rule or usage; rigorously, scrupulously; punctiliously, with complete propriety. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adverb] > conformably > strictly precisely1526 strictly1597 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [adverb] > with observance of social formality precisely1526 punctually1598 formally?1611 nicelya1616 punctiliously1698 starchly1755 pokerishly1867 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] > strictly strait1338 smally1340 at point devicec1390 point-devicec1425 precisely1526 to the point device1542 just1549 rigorously1561 by the square1570 curiously1573 by point device1575 in print1576 to a tittle1597 nicelya1616 to a hair's breadtha1616 point-vice1641 to a nicka1680 to a cow's thumb1681 to a tee1693 narrowly1708 scrupulously1712 to a dot1728 perjinkly1775 to a nicety1795 astringently1866 to a fit1890 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Si Whiche..yet to this present daye, kepe the letter of the lawe of Moyses in many thynges precisely. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 501 b Wherefore if neither this reuerend Byshopp..is able to behaue himselfe so precisely, but that he must flee dayly with vs to the mercy seate and compassion of God: where be then these glorious crakes of integrity? 1649 Platform Church Discipline (Cambridge Synod) 2 It is not intended to bind apprehensions precisely in point of order or method. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 26 Like a wise Philosopher, conforms to Time and Place most precisely. 1837 B. Disraeli Venetia I. 148 His other features small, though precisely moulded. 1867 A. Cary Bishop's Son i. 16 Her mother sitting straight and formal in her chair, her long veil drifting over her shoulder, and her shawl of black silk pinned precisely across her bosom. 1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart iii. iv. 395 Eddie, with his face entirely stiff, picked up the forgotten dead daisies from the table, doubled their stalks up and put them precisely into the waste paper basket. 1982 A. S. Dale Outl. Sanity vi. 74 Rather than being asked to follow precisely the editorial party line, Chesterton was left free. 2001 Australian (Nexis) 29 Nov. m16 A horror film that neatly and precisely repudiates every convention of the form. †4. Particularly, specifically; in particular. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adverb] precisely1532 specificativelyc1600 specifically1646 specificly1650 1532 T. More Confut. Barnes in Wks. (1557) 782/2 As touching saint Paule, he spake not in that place precisely of y^e scripture. 1653 G. Ashwell Fides Apostolica 124 Cajetan there speakes of Symbolum in generall, not of the Apostles Creed precisely. 1654 T. Warren Vnbeleevers 189 The matter..was..precisely and abstractively considered. 1697 J. Humfrey Righteousness God iv. 55 It may be consider'd Precisely in itself, or Complexly with its Antecedents, and Consequents. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1392
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