Dictionary Definition
precisely adv
1 indicating exactness or preciseness; "he was
doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do"; "it was
just as he said--the jewel was gone"; "it has just enough salt"
[syn: exactly, just]
2 in a precise manner; "she always expressed
herself precisely" [syn: incisively, exactly] [ant: imprecisely, imprecisely]
3 just as it should be; "`Precisely, my lord,' he
said" [syn: exactly,
on the
nose, on the dot,
on
the button]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adverb
precisely- in a precise manner
Translations
in a precise manner
- Dutch: precies
- Finnish: tarkalleen, täsmälleen, tarkasti
- French: précisément
- Português: precisamente
- Spanish: precisamente
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
OK,
Roger, absolutely, accurately, all right,
alright, alrighty, amen, as well, as you say, assuredly, at the gun,
aye, bang, by all means, carefully, certainly, concretely, conscientiously,
correctly, da, dead, definitely, directly, distinctly, especially, even, exactingly, exactly, expressly, exquisitely, faithfully, fine, flush, full, fussily, good, good enough, hear, in all respects, in detail,
in every respect, in particular, in such wise, indeed, indeedy, inflexibly, ipsissimis
verbis, item by item, ja,
just, just like that, just
so, kerplunk, like so,
like that, like this, literally, literatim, mais oui, meticulously, minutely, most assuredly,
naturally, naturellement, nicely, of course, okay, on the button, on the dot, on
the instant, on the minute, on the nail, on the nose, on time,
oui, particularly, plop, plumb, plump, plunk, point-blank, positively, punctiliously, punctually, quite, rather, really, refinedly, right, righto, rigidly, rigorously, scrupulously, separately, sharp, similarly, singly, slap, smack, smack-dab, so, spang, specially, specifically, square, squarely, straight, strictly, sure, sure thing, surely, this way, this-a-way,
thus, thus and so, thus and
thus, thusly, thuswise, to be specific, to be
sure, to the letter, to the minute, truly, undeviatingly, unerringly, verbally, verbatim, verbatim et
litteratim, very well, well and good, why yes, with exactitude,
with great nicety, with precision, word by word, word for word,
yea, yeah, yep, yes, yes indeed, yes indeedy, yes
sir, yes sirree