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Etymology
Etymology tree English imprecise Middle English -ly English -ly English imprecisely From imprecise + -ly.
Meanings
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In an imprecise manner.
He scratched imprecisely with his right hand, though insensible of prurition, various points and surfaces of his partly exposed, wholly abluted skin.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:They were read imprecisely but overemphatically by Lillias White (“Unimaginable, unimaginable horrors.
2007 October 6, The New York Times, “Dance in Review”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more imprecisely | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most imprecisely | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
precisely (antonym(s) of “imprecise manner”) · exactly (antonym(s) of “imprecise manner”) · accurately (antonym(s) of “imprecise manner”)
Synonyms
inexactly (imprecise manner) · roughly (imprecise manner)
Translations (7)
fi epätarkasti (in an imprecise manner) · es imprecisamente (in an imprecise manner) · pl nieprecyzyjnie (in an imprecise manner) · pl nieściśle (in an imprecise manner) · el ανακριβώς (in an imprecise manner) · fi epätäsmällisesti (in an imprecise manner) · fr imprécisément (in an imprecise manner)