All 5 Uses of
precise
in
The Idiot
- Aglaya gazed at him for some seconds with precisely the same composure and calm astonishment as she had shown a little while before, when the prince handed her the note, and it appeared that this calm surprise and seemingly absolute incomprehension of what was said to her, were more terribly overwhelming to Gania than even the most plainly expressed disdain would have been.†
Chpt 1.7
- Well now, that's you and I. That fable was written precisely for us."†
Chpt 1.13 *
- Now this was precisely what Lebedeff had made up his mind to do in the last three minutes.†
Chpt 2.2
- I cannot undertake to say precisely what it is, but you have certainly omitted something, and you cannot be quite just while there is something lacking.†
Chpt 2.8
- Ptitsin will certainly have his reward, not three houses, but four, precisely because from childhood up he had realized that he would never be a Rothschild.†
Chpt 4.1
Definition:
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(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.