precisive

¹

[pri-sahy-siv]

adjective

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

   precisive imputation of guilt.

precisive

²

[pri-sahy-siv]

adjective

1. characterized by accuracy or exactness.

   a precisive method of expressing oneself.

Word History and Origins

Origin of precisive¹

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

Origin of precisive²

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

Example Sentences

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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