Meanings
comparative more imprecisely · superlative most imprecisely
- In an imprecise manner.
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 Times1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
antonym(s) of “imprecise manner”
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Origin
Translations
Finnish epätarkasti, epätäsmällisesti
- epätarkastiin an imprecise manner
- epätäsmällisestiin an imprecise manner
French imprécisément
- imprécisémentin an imprecise manner
Greek ανακριβώς
- ανακριβώς (anakrivós)in an imprecise manner
Polish nieściśle, nieprecyzyjnie
- nieściślein an imprecise manner
- nieprecyzyjniein an imprecise manner
Spanish imprecisamente
- imprecisamentein an imprecise manner
Cite this entry
imprecisely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imprecisely
“imprecisely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imprecisely. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “imprecisely,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imprecisely.
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