"Precisely the same" - I'm confused about the meaning...
Does it mean "very similar, equal" or "exactly the same"?
For example in the sentence: "When I saw him yesterday, he was wearing precisely the same coat as he was wearing 10 years ago".
Is this a very similar coat, of the same color and fashion, or it is that exact coat that was 10 years ago on this pesron?

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"Precisely the same" - I'm confused about the meaning...
Does it mean  "very similar, equal"   or   "exactly the same"?
For example in the sentence: "When I saw him yesterday, he was wearing precisely the same coat as he was wearing 10 years ago".
Is this a very similar coat, of the same color and fashion,   or it is that exact coat that was 10 years ago on this pesron?

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Yes from context , it seems like exactly the same coat he was wearing 10 years ago  . But I think it's better to use the word "exactly" instead of precisely

you could say " he was wearing EXACTLY the same coat as he was wearing 10 years ago "

you can use the word "precisely " for the same color or fashion 
example : When I saw him yesterday, he was wearing a coat that looked precisely like the one he was wearing 10 years ago".

meaning : the coat was not exactly the same coat , but It looked liked the coat may be very similar in fashion or color

hope this helped :)

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It means exactly - in every tiny detail, it was the same.

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