An adverb meaning with absolute precision or pinpoint accuracy — doing something in an exactly targeted, sharply defined way. It's primarily encountered in Indian English, where adverbial forms like this are constructed more freely than in British or American English. You'll see it in Indian journalism, official writing, and academic contexts when precision of action or description is being emphasized. While technically unusual by standard English norms, it's perfectly transparent in meaning and serves a real communicative purpose in the contexts where it's used.
The surgeon pinpointedly located the affected area without damaging the surrounding tissue.
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(chiefly, India) With great precision.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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