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accurately

adverbattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈak.jə.ɹɪt.li//
  • United States//ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt.li//
  • United States//ˈæk.jə.ɹət.li//
  • United States//ˈæk.jɚ.ɪt.li//

In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.

adverb

  1. 1

    In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.

    For much of the 20th century, the image of Mexico popularized abroad through film, music, art and literature was, more accurately, a portrayal of Jalisco state and especially its capital, Guadalajara.

    The internal NES clock must accurately measure down to milliseconds for its games to work properly.

Etymology

Etymology tree English accurate Middle English -ly English -ly English accurately From accurate + -ly.

Forms

comparative
more accurately
superlative
most accurately
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).