Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRE-CISE'NESS
PRE-CISE'NESS, n.
- Exactness; rigid nicety; as, the preciseness of words or expressions. I will distinguish the cases; though give me leave in handling them, not to sever them with too much preciseness. – Bacon.
- Excessive regard to forms or rules; rigid formality.
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