accurately

English

Etymology

From accurate +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt.li/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt.li/, /ˈæk.jɚ.ɪt.li/, [ˈæk.jɚ.ɪɾ.li]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt.li/, [ˈæk.jə.ɹɪɾ.li]

Adverb

accurately (comparative more accurately, superlative most accurately)

1. In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.
   • 2023 November 17, Michael Snyder, “A Guide to Guadalajara, Mexico’s City of Makers”, in The New York Times Style Magazine‎^[1]:

     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.

Synonyms

• exactly, precisely, slap bang; see also Thesaurus:exactly

Related terms

• accuracy

Translations

exactly, precisely

• Catalan: exactament (ca), precisament (ca), acuradament (ca)
• Dutch: trefzeker (nl)
• Esperanto: trafe
• Estonian: täpselt
• Finnish: tarkasti (fi), täsmällisesti (fi), tarkalleen (fi), täsmälleen (fi), tarkkaan (fi)
• French: précisément (fr)
• German: genau (de), akkurat (de), präzise (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀτρεκέως (atrekéōs)

• Hungarian: pontosan (hu)
• Indonesian: secara akurat, secara teliti, secara cermat
• Interlingua: exactemente, precisemente, accuratemente
• Italian: minuziosamente (it), accuratamente (it), esattamente (it)
• Japanese: 正確に (ja) (せいかくに, seikaku-ni)
• Polish: dokładnie (pl), akuratnie (pl), celnie, trafnie (pl)
• Portuguese: exatamente (pt), precisamente (pt), justamente (pt)
• Romanian: exact (ro), precis (ro)
• Russian: то́чно (ru) (tóčno)
• Serbo-Croatian: tačno (sh), тачно, tȍčno (sh), то̏чно, prȅcīzno (sh), пре̏цӣзно
• Spanish: cabalmente (es), acertadamente, certeramente (es), acuradamente (es)