All 4 Uses
precise
in
A Raisin in the Sun
(Edited)
- Her bearing is perhaps most like the noble bearing of the women of the Hereros of Southwest Africa—rather as if she imagines that as she walks she still bears a basket or a vessel upon her head. Her speech, on the other hand, is as careless as her carriage is precise—she is inclined to slur everything—
Scene 1.1 *precise = proper in form
- (MAMA repeats the phrase with precision and cool emotion) In my mother's house there is still God.
Scene 1.1precision = accuracy in detail
- Enunciating precisely but soundlessly: "There's a white man at the door!"
Scene 2.3precisely = carefully and accurately
- BENEATHA: (Angrily, precisely as in the first scene of the play) What have you got to do with who I marry!
Scene 3.1 *precisely = exactly
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)