But to achieve the marvelous, it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.    From LearnThat.org.  [Tom Robbins]

`precisely, my lord,' he said.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

She always expressed herself precisely.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

He was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Adjective : precise directions. ,a precise temperature; a precise amount. ,the precise dress she had wanted. ,precise articulation. ,a precise instrument. ,precise observance of regulations; precise grooming.    From Dictionary.com. 

People complain that other social sciences and humanities are not precise enough, and then object when we wish to use a term precisely!.    From Wordnik.com.  [What do we mean by ‘computer game’?] Reference

He has, in short, precisely what he jolly well deserves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gates of Vienna] Reference

And yet it was in precisely this way that he was treated.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Reign of Hate] Reference

And the data came back in precisely the way I should have.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mini-Movie Reviews: March] Reference

"Ay, – I dare say he is," Earl responded, in precisely the same tone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Queechy] Reference

As the name precisely illustrates the QZS mission, this name was chosen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Space Business and Industry News at SpaceMart.com] Reference

I mean, other than a photo-op for politicians, what precisely is the point?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chris Weigant: Entertainment and Politics] Reference

Her voice had put the question in precisely the same tone that it had given the remark.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hills of the Shatemuc] Reference

She had not told it in precisely these words, but this was the sum and substance of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances] Reference

Each had overseen or participated in precisely the mission in which Eddie claimed a role.    From Wordnik.com.  [Edgar Allen] Reference

You glowing young creatures of women must affect the old fellows in precisely similar ways.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Little Lady of the Big House, by Jack London] Reference

That is, a lameduck president's powers are certainly reduced in precisely the way he suggests.    From Wordnik.com.  [Balkinization] Reference

Could you explain precisely what problem the Cambrian "explosion" poses for evolutionary theory?.    From Wordnik.com.  [A New Weapon Against Freedom and ID: Volksverhetzung] Reference

With that in mind, who precisely is 'sponsoring' the ADA and the nutritional advice you receive?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Justin Stoneman: America: A Big, Fat, Stupid Nation] Reference

The English word "Word" doesn't precisely correspond to the Greek word used here in John's Gospel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beholding His Glory (John 1:1-18): A Sermon] Reference

Still, more than any other President, it was Nixon who set the country in precisely that direction.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Surprise, but not a Success] Reference

Its bright black eyes were like the bird's, and it hummed with its wings in precisely the same way.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Island Garden] Reference

We don't have time to recover, said Safin, who did not specify what precisely is wrong with his knee.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Roundup: Win doesn't bring Safin comfort] Reference

Many worldwide famous scorers like Romario, Ronaldinho established their name precisely in this country.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference

Then exactly 30 minutes later the North Tower collapses in precisely the same freefall physics-defying manner.    From Wordnik.com.  [These Foots Were Made For Walkin’ | Her Bad Mother] Reference

Kantor exclaimed, as Alberich struggled to keep his expression precisely like that of everyone else around him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exile's Valor]

They need a press officer who can explain in layman's term precisely what their concerns are with H1N1 statistics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whitehaven News headlines] Reference

Clinton shines in precisely the sort of situation where she is called upon to master a distinct body of knowledge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Take Two: Hillary's Choice] Reference

Most of these troublesome mosquito species reproduce rapidly in precisely the conditions now present, post-hurricane.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: September 4, 2005 - September 10, 2005 Archives] Reference

It would release us precisely from the entanglement that Iran has taken such tremendous satisfaction from finding is in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Iran in Iraq] Reference

"I'm doing 'Sister Angelica' in English precisely because the cast is made up of mostly undergraduates," Houghtaling said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crimson White RSS] Reference

But those religious who do not inhabit the Kingdom by living differently on this earth move in precisely the wrong direction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference

Note 1: Achilles Luchaire discusses the incident in precisely this context in Social France at the Time of Philip Augustus, trans.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries] Reference

This is a human person we are talking about, not a little doll that the parents get to decorate in precisely the way they want to.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Vacates TRO Barring Divorced Father From Exposing Child to Religion Other Than the Mother’s] Reference

In the letter to Elizabeth, Bogle characteristically omits to explain precisely what he is doing climbing "these rugged Mountains.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Colonial Correspondence: The Letters of George Bogle from Bengal, Bhutan and Tibet, 1770-81] Reference

When Jerry awoke, the sun was almost setting, and Five Feathers was in precisely the same place and in precisely the same attitude.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shagganappi] Reference

We tend to mold ourselves to suit everyone who comes in precisely because never got beyond our beginnings as a nation of immigrants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waldo Jaquith - “Goode makes complete ass of self.”] Reference

I can hardly ever specify what precisely is off, but something is radically off-kilter even if the accent is well-studied and acted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Everything I Know I Learned From First-Person Shooters] Reference

Milton, he argues, perceived the crisis and failure of the commonwealth in precisely these terms as the Rump Parliament gave way to a.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ruins of Empire: Nationalism, Art, and Empire in Hemans's Modern Greece] Reference

But with a scope, you must also get your head on the stock in precisely the right place and then put the crosshairs where you want them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Strengths and Weaknesses of Red Dot Sights for Hunting Whitetail Deer] Reference

But making it the benchmark of oppression and atrocity works in precisely the opposite direction, trivialising crimes of lesser magnitude.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-01-01] Reference