Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

precisely

/pɹɪˈsaɪs.li/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: pre-cise-ly
IPA: /pɹɪˈsaɪs.li/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a precise manner; exactly.

adv

Used to provide emphasis.

Example Sentences

"I always try to express myself precisely."
""To be sure. Mr Carlyle, the private detective——" "Inquiry agent," corrected Mr Carlyle precisely."
"He says he will vote against Donald Trump “precisely because I’m conservative.”"
"Thus, “[t]he number of people who detransition or discontinue gender treatments is not precisely known.”"

Etymology

Etymology tree English precise Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English precisely From precise + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more precisely (comparative) most precisely (superlative)

Derived Forms

perxactly perzackly perzactly prexactly prezackly prezactly

Phrases

precisely unless

Synonyms

exactly incisively accurately correctly dead-nuts definitely directly even for sure exact fully just

Antonyms

imprecisely

Rhymes With

nicely concisely knicely

Questions

How do you pronounce precisely?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɹɪˈsaɪs.li/.
What does precisely mean?: In a precise manner; exactly.
Where does precisely come from?: Etymology tree English precise Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English precisely From precise + -ly.

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