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View synonyms for precisely

precisely

/ prɪˈsaɪslɪ /

adverb

  1. in a precise manner

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


  1. exactly: used to confirm a statement by someone else

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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That, though, is precisely when everything started to turn.

That, it turns out, is what you can do when your star-studded starting rotation is healthy and effective for the first time all season, at precisely the right time.

Absent a survey of every living person, there’s no way to precisely measure how many people fall into this camp.

On that characterisation of the tussle ahead, at least, Reform agree that is precisely what it amounts to.

From BBC

As both Bell and Oliver pointed out, that’s precisely why Kimmel’s benching, temporarily though it turned out to be, is a political inflection point.

From Salon

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