accurately

[ ak-yer-it-lee ]

/ ˈæk yər ɪt li /

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adverb

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.

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.

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Origin of accurately

accurate + -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM accurately

hy·per·ac·cu·rate·ly, adverbsu·per·ac·cu·rate·ly, adverbun·ac·cu·rate·ly, adverb

Words nearby accurately

accumulation point, accumulative, accumulator, accuracy, accurate, accurately, accurize, accursed, accus., accusal, accusation

How to use accurately in a sentence

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.
Can artificial intelligence give elephants a winning edge?|Walter Thompson|November 20, 2020|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.
Betting markets called the presidential election more accurately than polls|reymashayekhi|November 19, 2020|Fortune
“I do not have faith that the poll books are complete and accurate,” Palmer said.
For three hours, an obscure county board in Michigan was at the center of U.S. politics|Kayla Ruble, Tom Hamburger, David Fahrenthold|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
Everyone’s work around a digital twin of the project is accurate and up-to-date.
Leveraging collective intelligence and AI to benefit society|Jason Sparapani|November 18, 2020|MIT Technology Review

During testing, human reviewers also judged the model’s summaries to be more informative and accurate than previous methods.
An AI helps you summarize the latest in AI|Karen Hao|November 18, 2020|MIT Technology Review
If Congress accurately reflected our nation on the basis of race, about 63 percent would be white, not 80 percent.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress|Dean Obeidallah|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
These self-dubbed gear heads go toe to toe (or perhaps more accurately, crash to crash), with the men in the sport.
The Moms of Monster Jam Drive Trucks, Buck Macho Culture|Eliza Krigman|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nor is his face, or more accurately the shape of the hair that hides his face, easy to forget.
How to Run a Statewide Campaign on $38|Michael Ames|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Or perhaps more accurately, a man, in his last years, especially but not exclusively consumed by affairs of the spirit.
The Stacks: John Coltrane’s Mighty Musical Quest|Nat Hentoff|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Much of this has been pure, or more accurately, impure, political theater.
Eric Holder’s Legacy: Bold on Equality, Less So on Civil Liberties|Geoffrey R. Stone|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The dilution can be more accurately made in the leukocyte pipet of the Thoma-Zeiss instrument.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The bridge should be fitted as accurately as the post, and as though it grew from the belly, the feet touching equally all round.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce
Within a few more months he determined on constructing an engine for the purpose of more accurately testing those views.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
His eyes were again fixed upon her as though gauging accurately the extent of his influence upon her.
The Doctor of Pimlico|William Le Queux
In fact both girls had learned to tell the time very accurately by the sun.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner