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precisely

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pre·cise·ly  (pr-ssl)
adv.
1. In a precise manner.
2. Used as an intensive: Inferior equipment was precisely the reason some hikers refused to continue the climb.
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Adv.1.precisely - 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"
2.precisely - in a precise manner; "she always expressed herself precisely"
imprecisely, inexactly - in an imprecise manner; "he expressed himself imprecisely"
3.precisely - just as it should be; "`Precisely, my lord,' he said"

precisely
adverb 1. exactly, bang on, squarely, correctly, absolutely, strictly, accurately, plumb (informal) slap on (informal) square on, on the dot, smack on (informal)
2. just so, yes, absolutely, exactly, quite so, you bet (informal) without a doubt, on the button (informal) indubitably
3. just, entirely, absolutely, altogether, exactly, in all respects
4. word for word, literally, exactly, to the letter, neither more nor less
Translations
Spanish precisely [prɪˈsaɪslɪ] advexactamente, precisamente
French precisely [prɪˈsaɪslɪ] precise advprécisément
German precisely [prɪˈsaɪslɪ] precise advgenau, exakt;
(emphatic) → ganz genau;
precisely! precise → genau!

Italian precisely [prɪˈsaɪslɪ] advprecisamente, precisely!appunto!

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When Oblonsky asked Levin what had brought him to town, Levin blushed, and was furious with himself for blushing, because he could not answer, "I have come to make your sister-in-law an offer," though that was precisely what he had come for.
She is not of a disposition to do you credit in the world, and seems precisely in her proper place at Churchhill, with the Vernons.
It was precisely the odd absence of surprise in her that gave him the sense of her having been plucked out of a very maelstrom: the things she took for granted gave the measure of those she had rebelled against.
 
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