to be precise

idiom

—used to indicate that a statement is accurate and specific

one night in early summer—June 22, to be precise

Examples of to be precise in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Since the turn of the century, Congress has increasingly functioned as a quasi-parliament rather than as an independent branch of government — the legislative branch, to be precise. —David M. Drucker, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025

When Kilmer hosted Saturday Night Live on Dec. 9, 2000, he gamely put on the Iceman shades — two pairs for comedic effect, to be precise — once more. —Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025

What’s more, these two income plays—closed-end funds (CEFs), to be precise—have been around for nearly a century, with one dating from 1927 and the other having launched in 1929. —Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025

And that’s a lot of devices — half of all Android phones, to be precise. —Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025

Rhymes for to be precise

• advice
• allspice
• concise
• device
• entice
• excise
• fordyce
• suffice
• dice
• feis
• gneiss
• grice