All 17 Uses of
precise
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.†
Chpt 1
- Precisely.†
Chpt 1
- Precisely so.†
Chpt 1 *
- At three o'clock precisely I was at Baker Street, but Holmes had not yet returned.†
Chpt 1
- Precisely.†
Chpt 1
- If I remember rightly, you on one occasion, in the early days of our friendship, defined my limits in a very precise fashion.†
Chpt 5
- Precisely.†
Chpt 7
- Precisely.†
Chpt 7
- Precisely so.†
Chpt 7
- Precisely so, on December 22nd, just five days ago.†
Chpt 7
- Precisely so.†
Chpt 7
- "Pray be precise as to details," said he.†
Chpt 8
- And so do I. It is precisely for that reason that we are going to Stoke Moran this day.†
Chpt 8
- Precisely so.†
Chpt 9
- " 'One of the most precious public possessions of the empire,' said I. " 'Precisely.'†
Chpt 11
- Precisely.†
Chpt 11
- Precisely.†
Chpt 11
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.