heypolyglot
Italian

precisamente

/pre.t͡ʃi.zaˈmen.te/adverbB1
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Meaning

precisely, exactly

In a sentence

Arrivo precisamente alle otto, non un minuto dopo.

I’ll arrive at exactly eight, not a minute later.

Cosa vuoi dire precisamente con quel messaggio?

What exactly do you mean by that message?

Ti ho detto precisamente come fare ieri.

I told you exactly how to do it yesterday.

Usage notes

  • Use precisamente for careful clarification or correction; proprio is more colloquial and emphatic in everyday speech.
  • Often introduces a specification after a pause: due persone, precisamente tre bambini.
  • In conversation, più precisamente means “more specifically” and sounds natural in explanations or formal speech.

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