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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Precise \Pre*cise"\, a. [L. praecisus cut off brief, concise, p. p. of praecidere to cut off in front, to cut off prae before + caedere to cut: cf F. pr['e]cis. Cf {Concise}.] 1. Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as precise rules of morality. The law in this point is not precise. --Bacon. For the hour precise Exacts our parting hence --Milton. 2. Strictly adhering or conforming to rule very nice or exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal; ceremonious. --Addison. He was ever precise in promise-keeping. --Shak. Syn: Accurate; exact; definite; correct; scrupulous; punctilious; particular; nice; formal. See {Accurate}. -- {Pre*cise"ly}, adv -- {Pre*cise"ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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