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precisely

British  
/ 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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Yet it was precisely this world—hierarchical, steeped in pageantry, encouraging of free inquiry and progress—that produced the Industrial Revolution and the republican structure of government that took root in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

Future studies from the Rajasethupathy lab will focus on refining the genetic understanding of attention, with the goal of developing therapies that precisely adjust Homer1 levels.

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Users must know to begin their query “@uber” and phrase it precisely.

From The Wall Street Journal

But then, using technology to clean up messes made by earlier technologies is precisely what we’ve always done.

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He clicked off his microphone for the last time precisely 20 years ago after Texas beat USC on this storied field.

From Los Angeles Times

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