Täsmällisessä

Täsmällisessä is a Finnish grammatical form rather than a standalone dictionary entry. It is the inessive singular form of the adjective täsmällinen, meaning “precise,” “exact,” or “appropriate.” As such, täsmällisessä appears in noun phrases where the head noun is in the inessive case, for example to express “in a precise sense” or “in a precise place or condition.”

Usage and function

In normal usage, täsmällisessä functions as an agreeing adjective modifying a following noun in the inessive case. Common contexts include phrases like täsmällisessä aikataulussa (in a precise schedule), täsmällisessä merkityksessä (in the precise sense/meaning), or täsmällisessä muodossa (in the exact form). The form is typically found in formal, technical, or descriptive writing, where emphasis is placed on strictness, accuracy, or exactness.

Relation to related forms

The word is related to täsmällinen (the base adjective) and to täsmällisyys (precision, exactness). The standard adverbial equivalent is täsmällisesti, which conveys “precisely” without reference to a noun. In everyday speech, more common verbs and adverbs such as tarkasti or täsmällisesti are often preferred when describing actions rather than noun-modified phrases.

Etymology

Täsmällinen derives from a root associated with fit, exactness, or correctness, with -inen forming the common Finnish adjectival suffix. The noun täsmällisyys expresses the concept of precision or exactness, from which adjectives like täsmällinen are formed.

See also

täsmällinen, täsmällisyys, täsmällisesti, tarkkuus

Note

Täsmällisessä is not typically used alone as a lexical item; its meaning is conveyed through its agreement with a following noun in inessive case.