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præcisely

præcisely is the obsolete form of precisely.

Meaning of precisely

Adverb

precisely (comparative more precisely, superlative most precisely)

  1. In a precise manner; exactly.
    • I always try to express myself precisely.
    Antonyms:
    imprecisely
  2. (focus) Used to provide emphasis.

Forms of præcisely

comparativemore præcisely
superlativemost præcisely

Origin of præcisely

From præcise + -ly.

Questions about præcisely

What is præcisely the obsolete form of?
Præcisely is the obsolete form of precisely.

Words near præcisely in the dictionary

  1. præcipitate
  2. præcipitated
  3. præcipitates
  4. præcipitating
  5. præcise
  6. præcisely
  7. præclude
  8. præcluded
  9. præcludes
  10. præcluding
  11. præcordia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: præcisely (page history and authors); precisely (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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