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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective & adverb Precisely accurate and to the point.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective prenominal and informal precisely accurate and to the point.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective accurate and to the point

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