Category:Precise

Pre*cise", a. Etym: [l. praecisus cut off, brief, concise, p. p. of Praecidere to cut off in front, to cut off; prae before + caedere to Cut: cf. F. précis. Cf. Concise.]

1. Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or Stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise Rules of morality. The law in this point is not precise. Bacon. For the hour precise exacts our parting hence. Milton.

2. Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or exact; Punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal; ceremonious. Addison. He was ever precise in promise-keeping. Shak.

Syn. -- accurate; exact; definite; correct; scrupulous; punctilious; Particular; nice; formal. See accurate. -- pre*cise"ly, adv. -- pre*cise"ness, n.