正まさ

noun, na-adjective

exact; precise

Archaic noun/adjectival noun. In modern Japanese, this meaning survives almost exclusively in the adverb 正に (まさに).

See also: まさに

• 「正まさに」は、古ふるい「正まさ」の連れん用よう形けいに助じょ詞し「に」が付ついた形かたちだ。

  「正に」 is a form where the particle に attaches to the continuative form of the old word 正.