Middle English Dictionary Entry
prēcīselī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | prēcīselī adv. |
| Etymology | From prēcīse adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Precisely, exactly.
Associated quotations
- (c1392) ?Westwyk EPlanets (Peterh 75)26/18 : But so be þat bothe the closeres of the signes ben precisly ilike of widnesse..thyn epicicle is fals.
- (c1392) ?Westwyk EPlanets (Peterh 75)40/31 : Whan the forseide verrey argument of the mone is precisly 90 degres fro the hed of aries in the lymbe after succession of signes, tak ther the grettest latitude of the mone 7trional.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)176a/b : Þe maner of sublimacioun maie not be writen precisely, neiþer knowen, but ȝif a man sawe hem ofte tymes sublimed.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)385 : Þer may no stable reule be ȝouun and assigned to telle hou myche tyme precisely ouȝte be spende aboute oon kynde of þese meenal servicis.