"precisely" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /pɹɪˈsaɪsli/ Audio: en-us-precisely.ogg [US] Forms: more precisely [comparative], most precisely [superlative]
Etymology: precise + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|precise|ly}} precise + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} precisely (comparative more precisely, superlative most precisely)
  1. (manner) In a precise manner; exactly. Synonyms: exactly, incisively, exactly Translations (in a precise manner): ἀκριβῶς (akribôs) (Ancient Greek), ἀτρεκέως (atrekéōs) (Ancient Greek), точно (točno) (Bulgarian), прецизно (precizno) (Bulgarian), precisament (Catalan), præcist (Danish), precies (Dutch), precize (Esperanto), tarkalleen (Finnish), täsmälleen (Finnish), tarkasti (Finnish), tarkkaan (Finnish), täsmällisesti (Finnish), précisément (French), precisamente (Galician), präzise (German), 𐌲𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰 (glaggwaba) (Gothic), यथार्थतः (yathārthataḥ) (Hindi), यथावत् (yathāvat) (Hindi), ठीक (ṭhīk) (Hindi), ठीक-ठीक (ṭhīk-ṭhīk) (Hindi), pontosan (Hungarian), precisamente (Italian), esattamente (Italian), ad unguem (Latin), adeō (Latin), examussim (Latin), точно (točno) (Macedonian), presist (Norwegian Bokmål), nøyaktig (Norwegian Bokmål), presist (Norwegian Nynorsk), precyzyjnie (Polish), dokładnie (Polish), precisamente (Portuguese), justamente (Portuguese), exatamente (Portuguese), precis (Romanian), precizamente [rare] (Romanian), то́чно (tóčno) (Russian), tačno (Serbo-Croatian), тачно (Serbo-Croatian), precisamente (Spanish), precis (Swedish), דווקא (dafke) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-precisely-en-adv-DrdOf~Cf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 76 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 71 29 Topics: manner Disambiguation of 'in a precise manner': 97 3
  2. (focus) Used to provide emphasis. Tags: focus
    Sense id: en-precisely-en-adv-tGxMR1UY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: precisely unless

Alternative forms

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        "rare"
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      "word": "precizamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tóčno",
      "sense": "in a precise manner",
      "word": "то́чно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in a precise manner",
      "word": "tačno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in a precise manner",
      "word": "тачно"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a precise manner",
      "word": "precisamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in a precise manner",
      "word": "precis"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "dafke",
      "sense": "in a precise manner",
      "word": "דווקא"
    }
  ],
  "word": "precisely"
}

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