All 15 Uses
precise
in
Breaking Dawn, by Meyer
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- "It is unclear precisely what happened with Tanya's mother," Carlisle had said.†
Book 1
- Most of it went wide, but someone, probably Emmett, threw with uncanny precision, and I caught a lot of the ricochets off Edward's back.†
Book 1
- The boat slowed dramatically, drawing with precision into position against a short dock constructed of wooden planks, bleached into whiteness by the moon.†
Book 1
- When his eyes were calm, I answered, speaking with slow precision.†
Book 1
- Unlike the human memories, that part was perfectly clear and I found I could remember it with far too much precision.†
Book 3
- My jaws locked easily over the precise point where the heat flow concentrated.†
Book 3
- "Rose," I said through my teeth, very slowly and precisely.†
Book 3
- The pale wood floor matched the other room, and now I grasped that it was precisely the color of a pristine beach.†
Book 3
- Precisely.†
Book 3
- It wasn't precisely a peck on the lips, and my wild vampiric reactions took me off guard yet again.†
Book 3
- Yes, no talent ever manifests in precisely the same way, because no one ever thinks in exactly the same way.†
Book 3 *
- Alistair was a tracker, though not nearly as precise and efficient as Demetri.†
Book 3
- The gray-cloaked figures spread to the flanks while the darker forms surged precisely forward in the center, each movement closely controlled.†
Book 3
- The two vampires were at his side instantaneously, looking precisely the same as the last time I'd met them.†
Book 3
- Behind him, the larger part of the guard, along with Caius, Marcus, and the silent, mysterious wives, were already drifting quickly away, their formation precise once again.†
Book 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(precise as in: about noon; 12:03 to be precise) exact (accurate)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. -
(2)
(precise as in: a precise personality) meticulous (careful about details) -- especially to do things properly
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)