accurately

UK/ˈak.jə.ɹɪt.li/US/ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt.li/

adverbB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #7,780 of 15,258leans written

Accurately means in a way that matches the truth exactly. Report it accurately, measure accurately, accurately described.

It is not the same as precisely: accurately means close to the true value, while precisely means giving the same answer every time. A measurement can be precise and wrong, which is the whole distinction.

Definitions of accurately

1adverbaccuratelyIn a way that matches the truth exactly.B2+
“The witness described the thief accurately, right down to his red trainers.”

accurately is a manner.

Where it comes from

Latin
accūrātus
English
accurate
English, today
accurately

From accurate + -ly. accurate Borrowed from Latin accūrātus. Compare English cure.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

accurately in the wild

While sometimes translated as "county", it is more accurately translated as "district", similar to a township in the United States or a district of England.
Bakhsh
Interior scenes tend to be favored as it is easier to accurately apply one point perspective to architecture than to landscape.
Uki-e
Low Rock was more accurately charted by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II in 1935 and 1937.
Low Rock

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Related words

the accūrātus family

accurate accurately

accurately — used about once every 2,903 pages · #7,780 · point at the bar for the others

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