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precisely

/pɹɪˈsaɪs.li/ adverb B2
  1. In a precise manner; exactly. · I always try to express myself precisely.
  2. Used to provide emphasis.
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“No, not precisely; however, I think it was something very like a rendezvous.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 390 · C1
“Precisely so,” answered Holmes.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 71 · B2
Yet that is precisely what we are about to make.”
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 29 · B2
It is precisely for that reason that we are going to Stoke Moran this day.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 50 · B2

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