With rigorous exactness; with strict correctness; exactly, precisely. Obsolete.

In or into small or minute pieces, fragments, etc.; finely, minutely.

Originally and chiefly in at point device: at or to the point of perfection; completely; precisely; with extreme nicety or correctness. to the point d…

Completely, perfectly, in every point; to perfection.

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

Originally and chiefly in at point device: at or to the point of perfection; completely; precisely; with extreme nicety or correctness. to the point d…

In an exact or accurate manner; so as to correspond exactly; with precision; accurately; punctually; correctly. Obsolete.

With close attention to or regard for accuracy, detail, or thoroughness; exactly, precisely; minutely, exhaustively.

figurative. In phrase by the square, with extreme accuracy or exactness; precisely, exactly. Obsolete.

With minute accuracy, minutely, critically, fastidiously, nicely, delicately. archaic.

Originally and chiefly in at point device: at or to the point of perfection; completely; precisely; with extreme nicety or correctness. to the point d…

in print. (Cf. out of print, adv.) In a precise and perfect way or manner; with exactness, to a nicety; in a neat and tidy condition. Obsolete (Englis…

to a tittle: with minute exactness, to the smallest detail, to a T. Now rare.

With insistence on detail; strictly. Obsolete.

to a hair's breadth: with minute exactness of measure, to a nicety. Cf. hairbreadth, n.

Perfectly; exactly.

A mark cut into something to indicate a level, limit, or the like; a level, degree, pitch, etc. Also figurative. to a nick: to a nicety. Obsolete.

†to a cow's thumb: to a nicety. †brown cow: humorous name for a barrel of beer. the cow with the iron tail: i.e. the pump.

to a T (also to a tee): exactly, properly, to a nicety.

Illiberally, in a closely circumscribed manner; strictly, without allowing any breadth of interpretation.

In a scrupulous manner; with scruple, doubt, or cautiousness; with conscientious strictness; with minute care or punctilious exactness.

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.

Precisely, scrupulously; fussily, primly.

to a nicety: precisely, exactly, as closely or completely as possible.

In an astringent manner.

A fitting or adaptation of one thing to another, esp. the adjustment of dress to the body; the style or manner in which something is made to fit. to…