accurately

[ ak-yer-it-lee ]

adverb

1. in a way that is free from error or defect and consistent with a standard, rule, or model:

   She worked on aircraft before they left on missions; the work needed to be done fast and accurately to ensure safety on all flights.

2. correctly; precisely:

   He’s a good lacrosse player; he passes well and can shoot accurately.

   Humans are generally afraid of death—or, more accurately, don't want to die.

Other Words From

• hy·per·ac·cu·rate·ly adverb
• su·per·ac·cu·rate·ly adverb
• un·ac·cu·rate·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of accurately¹

accurate ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

This gives rangers a more accurate image and location to track than earlier systems that captured and reported on pictures of all wildlife, which ran down the trackers’ battery life.

From TechCrunch

The idea, according to proponents, is to follow the money, as it provides a more accurate reflection of public sentiment than polling models that have appeared increasingly tenuous in recent elections.

From Fortune

“I do not have faith that the poll books are complete and accurate,” Palmer said.

From Washington Post

Everyone’s work around a digital twin of the project is accurate and up-to-date.

From MIT Technology Review

During testing, human reviewers also judged the model’s summaries to be more informative and accurate than previous methods.

From MIT Technology Review

If Congress accurately reflected our nation on the basis of race, about 63 percent would be white, not 80 percent.

From The Daily Beast

These self-dubbed gear heads go toe to toe (or perhaps more accurately, crash to crash), with the men in the sport.

From The Daily Beast

Nor is his face, or more accurately the shape of the hair that hides his face, easy to forget.

From The Daily Beast

Or perhaps more accurately, a man, in his last years, especially but not exclusively consumed by affairs of the spirit.

From The Daily Beast

Much of this has been pure, or more accurately, impure, political theater.

From The Daily Beast

The dilution can be more accurately made in the leukocyte pipet of the Thoma-Zeiss instrument.

From Project Gutenberg

The bridge should be fitted as accurately as the post, and as though it grew from the belly, the feet touching equally all round.

From Project Gutenberg

Within a few more months he determined on constructing an engine for the purpose of more accurately testing those views.

From Project Gutenberg

His eyes were again fixed upon her as though gauging accurately the extent of his influence upon her.

From Project Gutenberg

In fact both girls had learned to tell the time very accurately by the sun.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• exactly
• meticulously
• precisely