All 9 Uses of
precise
in
1984 by Orwell
- I know precisely what you are feeling.
p. 17..6 (definition 1)precisely = exactly or accurately
- In the corresponding cubicle on the other side a small, precise-looking, dark— chinned man named Tillotson was working steadily away, with a folded newspaper on his knee and his mouth very close to the mouthpiece of the speakwrite.
p. 41..6 (definition 2) *precise = meticulous (careful about details)
- His earlier thought returned to him: probably she was not actually a member of the Thought Police, but then it was precisely the amateur spy who was the greatest danger of all.
p. 62..0 (definition 1)precisely = exactly or accurately
- It was precisely against suicidal impulses of this kind that he had hoped to guard himself by opening the diary.
p. 93..8 (definition 1)
- He might have silenced the dark-haired girl if only he had acted quickly enough: but precisely because of the extremity of his danger he had lost the power to act.
p. 102..7 (definition 1)
- With a sort of military precision that astonished him, she outlined the route that he was to follow.
p. 115..7 (definition 1) *precision = the quality of exactness or accuracy
- It is precisely in the Inner Party that war hysteria and hatred of the enemy are strongest.
p. 192..8 (definition 1)precisely = exactly or accurately
- The process has to be conscious, or it would not be carried out with sufficient precision, but it also has to be unconscious, or it would bring with it a feeling of falsity and hence of guilt.
p. 214..6 (definition 1)precision = the quality of exactness or accuracy
- I will put it more precisely.
p. 248..5 (definition 1)precisely = exactly or accurately
Definitions:
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(1) (precise as in: about noon; 12:03 to be precise) exact (accurate)editor's notes: In the fields of science, engineering, and statistics, precise and accurate are not properly used as synonyms the way they are in general usage.
If you throw darts at a dartboard and keep missing the bullseye, but hit in the same place on the dartboard each time, you would be described as precise, but not accurate.
If you seldom hit the bullseye, but tended to get close each time, you would be described as accurate, but not precise.
Finally, if you hit the bullseye each time, you would be considered both accurate and precise.
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(2) (precise as in: a precise personality) meticulous (careful about details)