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over-precise
adjective
(alsooverprecise)uk /ˌəʊ.və.prɪˈsaɪs/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚ.prəˈsaɪs/
too exact and accurate, when this is not necessary :
Rewatching these old movie stars, we are struck by their florid gestures and over-precise diction.
The analysis is overprecise, and I think unpersuasive.
It is best not to attempt an over-precise definition of the mind.
She spoke in her usual straightforward, unsentimental way, her over-precise English issuing from her lips in clipped phrases.
Very often, when ancient myths sound over-precise, it is because we are receiving their latest re-telling.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Accurate and exact
accuracy
accurate
accurately
aright
authoritative
dime
for all the worldidiom
Goldilocks
got it in one!idiom
in so many wordsidiom
infallible
literally
nose
precisely
slap
strict
strictly
strictly speakingidiom
superaccurate
synchronization
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