🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

precisamente

Pronunciation / Transliteration: preh-chee-zah-men-teh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Precisely/prɪˈsaɪs.li/
adverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #850 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Questo è precisamente il punto."

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2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    In exact terms; with great accuracy and attention to detail.

    "She explained precisely how the machinery operates."
  2. 2

    Used to emphasize the exact truth of a statement or situation.

    "That is precisely what I meant to say."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin praecisus, meaning cut off or brief, via Middle French and English precise, with the adverbial suffix -ly added in the late 16th century. Historically shifting from meaning 'in a concise manner' to its modern primary sense of exactness and accuracy in description or measurement.

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