exactness

noun. accuracy

noun. conformity to a standard

noun. fine point

Word Origin & History

1560s, "perfection," from exact (adj.) + -ness. Meaning "precision" is 1640s.

Beyond that, as yet, there was little to be said of him with exactness.

That cottage was drawn with an exactness that proved how fresh it was in her remembrance.

The commissioners performed their work with much care and exactness.

The vow of obedience was observed with the most p. 60rigorous exactness.

I speak generally, and not with any pretension to exactness.

Before we can reply with exactness, we must know the kinds of pleasure and the kinds of knowledge.

Danzig twisted two dials at the same time with minute exactness.

In her habits, she was a living impersonation of order, method, and exactness.

These lines will aid in securing the exactness of the figure.

What did take place we know with an exactness very remarkable.