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precisely

So they all became exhausted at precisely the same time?We can argue about precisely how close our relationship should be.They are precisely wrong about that.Surprisingly, because they consist of precisely eight people.The paradox is that the monarch is bound by an unparalleled duty to the people precisely because the wearer of the crown does not answer to them.There is something slightly weird about beards with precisely engineered margins.Which is precisely where people are apt to lose their head.Smell the bottom of a pineapple and you will gauge almost precisely how fresh it is.West had played his ace and another club at precisely the wrong moment.You get the feeling that the artist is painting precisely what he sees.They must also ensure that the food produces precisely the right puns.Women need men precisely for the ways in which they are different from us.It also shows precisely what we thought they were doing at that time. True righteousness is precisely what they had hardly any of.Some hope that is precisely what is about to happen.What most people dislike is precisely that she is a natural politician.He has spent almost precisely half his life in a wheelchair.Now would be precisely the wrong time to retreat from questions of social structure.That way engines would know precisely to which object a page is referring.This third way precisely splits the difference.But it is precisely where this show is most painful that it tells its story most powerfully.These images are precisely the ones where you need to be most confident about your camera settings to capture the right shot.They launched a revolution 230 years ago precisely to avoid that kind of autocracy.Here's some news that should surprise precisely no one.This was exactly and precisely the knowledge I would need the following spring.Well, that's not precisely true.A spokesman for the firm has denied anything is amiss - but cannot precisely say how many partners currently work there.

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precisely

British English: precisely /prɪˈsaɪslɪ/ ADVERB
Precisely means accurately and exactly.
The meeting began at precisely 4.00 p.m.
  • American English: precisely
  • Arabic: بِالتَحْدِيد
  • Brazilian Portuguese: precisamente
  • Chinese: 正好
  • Croatian: točno
  • Czech: přesně
  • Danish: præcist
  • Dutch: precies
  • European Spanish: con precisión
  • Finnish: täsmälleen
  • French: précisément
  • German: genau
  • Greek: ακριβώς
  • Italian: precisamente
  • Japanese: 正確に
  • Korean: 정확하게
  • Norwegian: presis
  • Polish: dokładnie
  • European Portuguese: precisamente
  • Romanian: fix
  • Russian: точно
  • Latin American Spanish: con precisión
  • Swedish: precis
  • Thai: อย่างแม่นยำ
  • Turkish: tam olarak
  • Ukrainian: точно
  • Vietnamese: chính xác

Chinese translation of 'precisely'

precisely

(prɪˈsaɪslɪ)

adv

  1. (= exactly) 确(確)切地 (quèqiè de)
  2. (referring to time) 正好 (zhènghǎo)
    precisely! 的确(確)如此! (díquè rúcǐ!)

precisely!

  1. 的确(確)如此! (díquè rúcǐ!)
See precisely (sense 2)
(adverb) 
The meeting began at precisely 4.00 p.m.
Synonyms
exactly
bang on
squarely
I aimed the camera squarely at his face.
correctly
Did I pronounce your name correctly?
absolutely
strictly
accurately
The test can accurately predict what a bigger explosion would do.
plumb (informal)
The hotel is set plumb in the middle of the High Street.
slap on (informal)
square on
on the dot
At nine o'clock on the dot, they arrived.
smack on (informal)
(adverb) 
`Is that what you meant?' – `Precisely.'
Synonyms
just so
yes
absolutely
exactly
quite so
you bet (informal)
without a doubt
on the button (informal)
indubitably
(adverb) 
That is precisely what I suggested.
Synonyms
just
Kiwi fruit are just the thing for a healthy snack.
entirely
The two cases are entirely different.
absolutely
`It's worrying, isn't it?' `Absolutely.'
altogether
She wasn't altogether sorry to be leaving.
exactly
He arrived at exactly five o'clock.
in all respects
(adverb) 
Please repeat precisely what she said.
Synonyms
word for word
literally
The word `volk' translates literally as `folk'.
exactly
Can you describe exactly what he looked like?
to the letter
She obeyed his instructions to the letter.
neither more nor less

Additional synonyms

in the sense of absolutely
`It's worrying, isn't it?' `Absolutely.'
Synonyms
definitely,
surely,
certainly,
clearly,
obviously,
plainly,
truly,
precisely,
exactly,
genuinely,
positively,
decidedly,
decisively,
without doubt,
unquestionably,
undeniably,
categorically,
without question,
unequivocally,
conclusively,
unambiguously,
beyond any doubt,
infallibly
in the sense of accurately
The test can accurately predict what a bigger explosion would do.
Synonyms
precisely,
rightly,
correctly,
closely,
carefully,
truly,
properly,
strictly,
literally,
exactly,
faithfully,
meticulously,
to the letter,
justly,
scrupulously,
truthfully,
authentically,
unerringly,
faultlessly,
veraciously
in the sense of altogether
Definition
completely
She wasn't altogether sorry to be leaving.
Synonyms
absolutely,
quite,
completely,
totally,
perfectly,
fully,
thoroughly,
wholly,
utterly,
downright,
one hundred per cent (informal),
undisputedly,
lock, stock and barrel,
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Synonyms of 'precisely'

precisely

Explore 'precisely' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of correctly
Did I pronounce your name correctly?
Synonyms
rightly,
right,
perfectly,
properly,
precisely,
accurately,
aright
in the sense of entirely
The two cases are entirely different.
Synonyms
completely,
totally,
perfectly,
absolutely,
fully,
altogether,
thoroughly,
wholly,
utterly,
every inch,
without exception,
unreservedly,
in every respect,
without reservation,
lock, stock and barrel
in the sense of literally
The word `volk' translates literally as `folk'.
Synonyms
exactly,
really,
closely,
actually,
simply,
plainly,
truly,
precisely,
strictly,
faithfully,
to the letter,
verbatim,
word for word
in the sense of on the dot
Definition
at exactly the arranged time
At nine o'clock on the dot, they arrived.
Synonyms
on time,
sharp,
promptly,
precisely,
exactly (informal),
spot on (informal),
bang on,
dead on (informal),
to the minute,
on the button (informal),
on the nail,
punctually
in the sense of plumb
Definition
exactly
The hotel is set plumb in the middle of the High Street.
Synonyms
exactly,
precisely,
bang,
slap,
spot-on (British, informal)
in the sense of squarely
Definition
directly
I aimed the camera squarely at his face.
Synonyms
directly,
straight,
exactly,
precisely,
unswervingly,
without deviation
in the sense of to the letter
Definition
precisely
She obeyed his instructions to the letter.
Synonyms
precisely,
strictly,
literally,
exactly,
faithfully,
accurately,
word for word,
punctiliously
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