| query | P________ means accurately and exactly.Precisely means accurately and exactly. Nobody knows precisely how many people are still living in the camp. The meeting began at precisely 4.00 p.m. He had developed the habit of arriving precisely eight minutes late for work. |
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| word | precisely |
| full-definition | adverb Precisely means accurately and exactly. Nobody knows precisely how many people are still living in the camp. The meeting began at precisely 4.00 p.m. He had developed the habit of arriving precisely eight minutes late for work. You can use precisely to emphasize that a reason or fact is the only important one there is, or that it is obvious . Children come to zoos precisely to see captive animals. That is precisely the result the system is designed to produce. You can say ' precisely ' to confirm in an emphatic way that what someone has just said is true . 'Did you find yourself wondering what went wrong?'—'Precisely.' |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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