单词 | to a dot |
释义 | > as lemmasto a dot a. to a dot: exactly, precisely; to the smallest detail. Cf. to a T at T n. 1c, to a tittle at tittle n. Phrases 2.Perhaps with reference to putting the dot over the letter i: cf. to dot the i's at dot v.1 Phrases. ΘΚΠ 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 1728 H. Fielding Love in Several Masques ii. ix. 25 La. Trap. Are you blind? they are both alike to a Tittle. Sir Pos. To a dot. Her Hand to a dot. 1800 European Mag. & London Rev. Sept. 211/2 Ay, here correct, the angles to a dot. 1881 Congress. Globe 20 Apr. 356/1 That is the question. That is it to a dot. 1924 R. Kipling Debits & Credits (1926) 312 You have it!.. That's him to a dot. 1994 M. S. Joshi Guru A. Dev iii. 68 Guru Arjan fulfills the requirements of the rules to a dot. < as lemmas |
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