precisely

English

Etymology

From precise +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈsaɪsli/

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• Hyphenation: pre‧cise‧ly

Adverb

precisely (comparative more precisely, superlative most precisely)

1. (manner) In a precise manner; exactly.

   Synonyms: exactly, incisively; see also Thesaurus:exactly

   Antonym: imprecisely

   I always try to express myself precisely.

   • 2024 August 19, David French, “David French on the Pro-Life Case for Kamala Harris”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 19 August 2024:

     He says he will vote against Donald Trump “precisely because I’m conservative.”

   • 2025 June 18, “UNITED STATES v. SKRMETTI, ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER FOR TENNESSEE, ET AL.”, in Supreme Court of the United States‎, page 47:

     Thus, “[t]he number of people who detransition or discontinue gender treatments is not precisely known.”

2. (focus) Used to provide emphasis.

Derived terms

• precisely unless

Translations

in a precise manner

Arabic: بِدِقَّة (bidiqqa) Bulgarian: точно (bg) (točno), прецизно (bg) (precizno) Catalan: precisament (ca) Danish: præcist Dutch: precies (nl) Esperanto: precize Estonian: täpselt Finnish: tarkalleen (fi), täsmälleen (fi), tarkasti (fi), tarkkaan (fi), täsmällisesti (fi) French: précisément (fr) Galician: precisamente German: präzise (de) Gothic: 𐌲𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰 (glaggwaba) Greek: Ancient: ἀκριβῶς (akribôs), ἀτρεκέως (atrekéōs) Hindi: यथार्थतः (hi) (yathārthataḥ), यथावत् (hi) (yathāvat), ठीक (hi) (ṭhīk), ठीक-ठीक (ṭhīk-ṭhīk) Hungarian: pontosan (hu) Italian: precisamente (it), esattamente (it) Latin: ad unguem, adeō (la), examussim Macedonian: точно (točno) Norwegian: Bokmål: presist, nøyaktig (no) Nynorsk: presist Polish: precyzyjnie (pl), dokładnie (pl) Portuguese: precisamente (pt), justamente (pt), exatamente (pt) Romanian: precis (ro), precizamente (ro) (rare) Russian: то́чно (ru) (tóčno) Serbo-Croatian: tačno (sh), тачно Spanish: precisamente (es), a rajatabla Swedish: precis (sv) Yiddish: דווקא (dafke)