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Point-devise
{
, Pointˊ-de-vice′
,Pointˊ-de-vise′
}Adj.
[OE.
at point devis
; at
at + point
point, condition + devis
exact, careful, OF. devis
fixed, set. See Device
.] Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular.
You are rather
point-devise
in your accouterments. Shakespeare
Thus he grew up, in logic
Perfect in grammar, and in rhetoric nice.
point-devise
,Perfect in grammar, and in rhetoric nice.
Longfellow.
{
Pointˊ-de-vice′
,Pointˊ-de-vise′
, }adv.
Exactly.
[Obs.]
Shak.