unerring
[uhn-ur-ing, -er-]
- not erring; not going astray or missing the mark: The captain set an unerring course for home.
- undeviatingly accurate throughout; not containing any error or flaw: She gave an unerring recital of the day's events.
- invariably precise or correct: unerring taste.
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Origin of unerring
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Contemporary Examples
But to the best of my memory, I have never actually aimed them at my own head as unerringly as Reines seems to have done.
And that seems to me, from my look at his record, unerringly accurate.
Historical Examples
That strange idealist had found a practical use for it at once—unerringly, as it were.
Lord JimJoseph Conrad
In detective stories the hero always hits on it unerringly at once.
The Grell MysteryFrank Froest
With his eyes on the carriage lamps he followed them unerringly.
The Son of Monte ChristoJules Lermina
The fine instincts of the animal will lead him unerringly to the refreshing spring.
A Handful of StarsFrank W. Boreham
Oh, my children, how unerringly your shafts are levelled at my heart.
The RobbersFriedrich Schiller
unerring
- not missing the mark or target
- consistently accurate; certain
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Word Origin and History for unerringly
unerring
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