Vocabulary
Precisely
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
exactly (used to emphasize the complete accuracy or truth of a statement).
Urdu meaning
صحیح، ٹھیک ٹھاک
Example sentences (from Dawn)
Sentences are selected from stored editorial text where your search word appears. If none appear yet, run the admin sentence generator for fuller coverage.
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FOR much of its existence, Islamabad has had the pride of place for Pakistan`s rulers, precisely because it is not the typical Third World megacity.
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New` Islamabad
— 2026-04-24
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This is precisely when the programme is most vulnerable.
Dawn Editorials —
Derailing eradication
— 2026-04-17
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Poverty is precisely why the law must protect girls.
Dawn Editorials —
Ending child marriages
— 2026-04-15
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Structure disappears.A remarkable intellectual effort in the subcontinent sought to recover precisely this lost sense of design.
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A divine design
— 2026-04-10
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This is a reversal of nearly two decades of progress and is happening at precisely the moment when policymakers talk most about stabilisation and external support.
Dawn Editorials —
The missing take-off
— 2026-04-04
Synonyms
exactly, prompt, sharp, promptly, on the dot; dead (on),
Antonyms
slightly,vaguely, somewhat
Curator example
“at 2.00 precisely, the phone rang”
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About this vocabulary section.
These entries support close reading of Dawn editorials and opinion pieces: short definitions,
Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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