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Meanings of precisely in English

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exatamente

In a precise manner.

      exatamente

      Just as it should be.

            Usage of precisely in English
            1
            And if they ask a question, then that question is answered precisely.
            The Irish Times
            2
            One industry source said it may have done precisely that last week.
            Reuters
            3
            It's somewhat difficult to know precisely, as of course he can't speak.
            Mister Slaughter
            4
            He said French air attacks were precisely targeted to avoid civilian deaths.
            Reuters
            5
            It's precisely that situation that anti-genetic discrimination laws are designed to prevent.
            Wired
            6
            Ultimately no one yet knows precisely how good his squad will be.
            The Guardian
            7
            Yet these are precisely the conditions being re-created by the new laws.
            News.com.au
            8
            Therefore the risk of the individual patient can not precisely be estimated.
            Pubmed
            9
            Yet commodity prices have found their second wind over precisely this period.
            Reuters
            10
            He said he wanted them to understand precisely what he was saying.
            Obama's wars
            11
            Of course, Terence had introduced precisely such a subjective factor: AA men.
            Corduroy mansions
            12
            Rose was, in fact, different, although Sam could not say precisely how.
            Rose in a storm
            13
            Which was precisely his point, he supposed, in a long, roundabout way.
            Indecent suggestion
            14
            The problem is that no one knows precisely what that vision is.'
            The Guardian
            15
            It was always an impossible task, and that was precisely the point.
            Atonement
            16
            Within the Clan, areas for different activities were not as precisely located.
            The Shelters of Stone
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