adjective
- Being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion.
- usage: "his guess was on the nose"; "the prediction for snow was right on the button"
- synonyms: on the button
adverb
- Just as it should be.
- usage: "`Precisely, my lord,' he said"
- synonyms: precisely, exactly, on the dot, on the button
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