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# precisely

«precisely» in Mova's school dictionary: **Exactly; with no mistakes or difference (at precisely…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (from the adjective «precise»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Exactly; with no mistakes or difference (at precisely nine o'clock). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precisely/#m1)

2) Carefully and accurately (measure precisely). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precisely/#m2)

3) Used to agree strongly: «Precisely!» means «Yes, exactly that!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precisely/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in maths and science for exact measurement and answers (precisely 12.5 cm); in everyday speech to agree; in stories for exact times. Phrases: «precisely because», «to be precise», «more precisely».

### examples

- The train leaves at precisely eight o'clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precisely/#x1)
- Measure the line precisely with a ruler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precisely/#x2)
- «So we need more flour?» «Precisely!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precisely/#x3)
- She cut the paper precisely in half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precisely/#x4)
- That's precisely what I wanted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precisely/#x5)
- I don't know precisely how many came, about 30. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precisely/#x6)
- And this was precisely what did happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precisely/#x7)

### note

Adjective «precise», noun «precision». Opposite: roughly, approximately, about. In maths: «precisely» means an exact value — do not round; «about» means rounding is fine.

### In the corpora

- [A good steel mould can cost more than a car, because it must be shaped extremely precisely and last for millions of parts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/7-toys-and-lego/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «precisely» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precisely/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.