précisément

French

Alternative forms

• précisement

Etymology

From précis +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁe.si.ze.mɑ̃/

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Adverb

précisément

1. in a precise manner; without approximation
2. specifically
3. (elliptically, in answers) exactly, precisely
4. (rhetoric) indicates a logical link
   • 1955, Jean Giono, The Man Who Planted Trees:

     Mon jeune âge, précisément, me forçait à imaginer l’avenir en fonction de moi-même et d’une certaine recherche du bonheur.

     Precisely because of my young age, I could not help but imagine the future according to myself and a certain search for happiness.

Further reading

• “précisément”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.