{
    "term": "precisely",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "exactly",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They look precisely the same to me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That's precisely what I meant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's not clear precisely how the accident happened."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The meeting starts at 2 o'clock precisely."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "accurately; carefully",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to describe something precisely"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She pronounced the word very slowly and precisely."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used to emphasize that something is very true or obvious",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's **precisely because** I care about you that I don't like you staying out late."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children are precisely the ones who will suffer if they get divorced."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used to emphasize that you agree with a statement, especially because you think it is obvious or is similar to what you have just said",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘It's not that easy, is it?’ ‘No, precisely.’"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show that you are giving more detailed and accurate information about something you have just mentioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The problem is due to discipline, or, more precisely, the lack of discipline, in schools."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈsaɪsli/",
                "audio": "pr/precisely/precisely__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈsaɪsli/",
                "audio": "pr/precisely/precisely__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}