Precisely

(adv.) indicating exactness or preciseness; 'he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do'; 'it was just as he said--the jewel was gone'; 'it has just enough salt'.

(adv.) in a precise manner; 'she always expressed herself precisely'.

(adv.) just as it should be; '`Precisely, my lord,' he said'.

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• I cannot precisely define what they expected, but it was something pleasant: not perhaps that day or that month, but at an indefinite future period. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I say precisely what you say,' replied Fogg, with a smile of incredulity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I understand; but I should like to know more precisely what you mean about them. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• When I returned to the bedside of the young woman, I found her raving in precisely the same order of continuity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• It lay in a direction precisely opposite to that of the little window in the vale below. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• When the lad ended she began, precisely in the same words, and ranted on without hitch or divergence till she too reached the end. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• That is precisely the point I cannot teach her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Again he laughed, adding, It is precisely as I conjectured. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• You speak my sentiments precisely, ma'am, said Shirley, and I thank you for anticipating me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Precisely; that is what she expressly desires. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• To have attempted to dive below her would have put us entirely at her mercy, and precisely where she wanted us. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Not precisely, but as near as may be; they are rather alike. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The ground seems precisely formed for it. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Finding her silent, he said, The fact is, you don't know precisely what you want. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The circumstance was precisely as this lady has represented it. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• I landed at precisely the same spot where St. Paul landed, and so did Dan and the others. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• So are the coffins,' replied the beadle: with precisely as near an approach to a laugh as a great official ought to indulge in. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• At three o'clock precisely I was at Baker Street, but Holmes had not yet returned. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Our breakfast was as good as the supper, and at half-past eight precisely we started for Little Britain. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Lord Triton is precisely the man: full of plans for making the people happy in a soft-headed sort of way. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Mr. Upton sums it all up very precisely in his remarks upon this period: What has now been made clear by accurate nomenclature was then very foggy in the text-books. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I could add no information to this beyond anatomical or medical details, which would leave expectation at precisely the same point. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Without any aid--even opposed or disapproved by you--I believe I should have acted precisely as I now intend to act, but in another spirit. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• And this was precisely what Miss Bart had done. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• At present I cannot recall the name precisely, though I fancy I have heard it before. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• I did precisely as I was bid. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• A service of plate becomes really cheaper, and every thing else remains precisely of the same real value as before. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• On the contrary, such institutions were erected precisely because such a thing as the electric motor was available. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The whole appearance of the scene is precisely what we would expect and desire the scenery of Genessaret to be, grand beauty, but quiet calm. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But I beg you to observe that Mr. Casaubon's case is precisely of the kind in which the issue is most difficult to pronounce upon. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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