"per meglio dire" meaning in Italian

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          "ref": "2013, chapter 4, in F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 91:",
          "text": "Quindi gli Ismay, i Chrystie (o per meglio dire Hubert Auerbach e la moglie di Chrystie) ed Edgar Beaver, i cui capelli si dice divennero bianchi come il cotone improvvisamente in un pomeriggio d'inverno senza alcuna ragione.",
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        "to be precise, or rather"
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          "word": "o meglio"
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  "word": "per meglio dire"
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    {
      "word": "o meglio"
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  "word": "per meglio dire"
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