All 7 Uses of
precise
in
David Copperfield
- 'Just so,' returned Mrs. Micawber, 'It is precisely that.†
Chpt 28-30
- They were both upright in their carriage, formal, precise, composed, and quiet.†
Chpt 40-42
- Unconscious of this prediction, Mr. Dick continued to occupy precisely the same ground in reference to the Doctor and to Mrs. Strong.†
Chpt 43-45
- V.) on the outside of the south wall of that place of incarceration on civil process, the day after tomorrow, at seven in the evening, precisely, my object in this epistolary communication is accomplished.†
Chpt 49-51
- Precisely.†
Chpt 52-54 *
- 'Precisely so,' assented Mrs. Micawber.†
Chpt 52-54
- It being then just dinner-time, we went, first into the great kitchen, where every prisoner's dinner was in course of being set out separately (to be handed to him in his cell), with the regularity and precision of clock-work.†
Chpt 61-62
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.