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precisive

1 American  
[pri-sahy-siv] / prɪˈsaɪ sɪv /

adjective

  1. separating or distinguishing (a person or thing) from another or others.

    precisive imputation of guilt.

precisive 2 American  
[pri-sahy-siv] / prɪˈsaɪ sɪv /

adjective

  1. characterized by accuracy or exactness.

    a precisive method of expressing oneself.

Etymology

Origin of precisive1

1670–80; < Latin praecīs ( us ) ( precise ) + -ive

Origin of precisive2

First recorded in 1800–10; precis(ion) + -ive

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Don Mullally contributed the play and Lillian Foster, trained in Western stock companies, provided her precisive technical ability and brilliant personality.

From Time Magazine Archive

Father caught it from her hand, and going to the window, read aloud in slow, precisive accents of astonishment:—

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