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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "precisely",
"partOfSpeech": "adverb",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "exactly",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They look precisely the same to me."
},
{
"text": "That's precisely what I meant."
},
{
"text": "It's not clear precisely how the accident happened."
},
{
"text": "The meeting starts at 2 o'clock precisely."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "accurately; carefully",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to describe something precisely"
},
{
"text": "She pronounced the word very slowly and precisely."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "used to emphasize that something is very true or obvious",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's **precisely because** I care about you that I don't like you staying out late."
},
{
"text": "The children are precisely the ones who will suffer if they get divorced."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used to emphasize that you agree with a statement, especially because you think it is obvious or is similar to what you have just said",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘It's not that easy, is it?’ ‘No, precisely.’"
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to show that you are giving more detailed and accurate information about something you have just mentioned",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The problem is due to discipline, or, more precisely, the lack of discipline, in schools."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈsaɪsli/",
"audio": "pr/precisely/precisely__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈsaɪsli/",
"audio": "pr/precisely/precisely__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}