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French
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Etymology
From précis + -ment.
Pronunciation
Adverb
précisément
- in a precise manner; without approximation
- specifically
- (elliptically, in answers) exactly, precisely
- (rhetoric) indicates a logical link
1955, Jean Giono, The Man Who Planted Trees:Mon jeune âge, précisément, me forçait à imaginer l’avenir en fonction de moi-même et d’une certaine recherche du bonheur.- Precisely because of my young age, I could not help but imagine the future according to myself and a certain search for happiness.
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