PRECISELY

adv. Exactly; nicely; accurately; in exact conformity to truth or to a model. The ideas are precisely expressed. The time of an eclipse may be precisely determined by calculation. When more of these orders than one are to be set in several stories, there must be an exquisite care to place the columns precisely one over another.
1. With excess of formality; with scrupulous exactness or punctiliousness in behavior or ceremony.

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pre cise ly |priˈsīslē prəˈsaɪsli | ▶adverb in exact terms; without vagueness: the guidelines are precisely defined. • exactly (used to emphasize the complete accuracy or truth of a statement ): at 2:00 precisely, the phone rang | kids will love it precisely because it will irritate their parents. • used as a reply to assert emphatic agreement with or confirmation of a statement: “You mean it was a conspiracy? ” “Precisely. ”

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pre |cise ¦ly |prɪˈsʌɪsli | ▶adverb in exact terms; without vagueness: the guidelines are precisely defined. • exactly (used to emphasize the complete accuracy or truth of a statement ): at 2.00 precisely, the phone rang | kids will love it precisely because it will irritate their parents. • used as a reply to confirm or agree with a previous statement: ‘You mean it was a conspiracy? ’ ‘Precisely. ’.

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precisely adverb 1 at 2 o'clock precisely: exactly, sharp, promptly, prompt, dead on, on the stroke of; informal on the button, on the dot, on the nose. 2 precisely the kind of man I am looking for: exactly, absolutely, just, in all respects; informal to a T. 3 fertilization can be timed precisely: accurately, exactly; clearly, distinctly, strictly. 4 “So it's all done? ” “Precisely ”: yes, exactly, absolutely, (that's ) right, quite so, indubitably, definitely; informal you bet, I'll say.

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precisely adverb 1 at 2 o'clock precisely, the phone rang | she lives precisely in the centre of Canada: exactly, sharp, on the dot; promptly, prompt, dead (on ), on the stroke of …, on the dot of …; right, directly, squarely; informal bang (on ), spot on, smack, slap, slap bang, plumb; N. Amer. on the button, on the nose, smack dab. 2 Toby is precisely the kind of man I have been looking for: exactly, absolutely, just, in all respects, in every way, entirely, altogether; informal to a T. 3 fertilization can be timed precisely: accurately, exactly, carefully, to a nicety; clearly, distinctly, strictly. 4 ‘You mean it was a conspiracy? ’ ‘Precisely ’: yes, exactly, quite, absolutely, right, that's right, just so, quite so, indubitably, without a doubt, definitely; informal you bet, I'll say.

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pre cise ly /prɪsáɪsli /→precise 副詞 more ～; most ～1 正確に , きちんと (!しばしば内容の重要性を暗示する ) ▸ at precisely five o'clock ≒ at five o'clock precisely きっかり5時に ▸ Explain precisely what has taken place .何があったのか正確に話してください ▸ or, more precisely , …もっと正確に言うと …2 まさに , ちょうど ▸ precisely because …まさに …が理由で ▸ precisely the same まったく同じ .3 ｟かたい話 ｠そのとおりです (!同意を示す返答で ) .