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Definitions for correctly
cor·rect·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
correctly, right, arightadverb
in an accurate manner
"the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right"
Wiktionary
correctlyadverb
In a correct manner.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Correctlyadverb
Accurately; appositely; exactly; without faults.
Etymology: from correct.
There are ladies, without knowing what tenses and participles, adverbs and prepositions are, speak as properly and as correctly as most gentlemen who have been bred up in the ordinary methods of grammar schools. John Locke, on Education.
Such lays as neither ebb nor flow,
Correctly cold, and regularly low. Alexander Pope, Essay on Criticism.
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correctly
Correctly is defined as in accordance with fact, truth, or proper rules or standards. It refers to doing something accurately or exactly as it should be done, without any errors or mistakes.
Webster Dictionary
Correctlyadverb
in a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'correctly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4752
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'correctly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4260
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'correctly' in Adverbs Frequency: #300
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of correctly in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of correctly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of correctly in a Sentence
What it is is the Congress’s legitimate function of oversight to make sure the FISA process is being used correctly, if it wasn’t being used correctly, that needs to come to light and people need to be held accountable so this doesn’t affect our civil liberties.
We had a very deliberate process. We took our time, it was key that we do it correctly and we believe that we did do it correctly.
Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
An executive is a person who always decides sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
It's a wonderful way of laundering conflict gold, the gold is genuine, but it's not ethically sourced ... They look completely genuine, they assay correctly, and they weigh correctly as well.
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Translations for correctly
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- بشكل صحيحArabic
- вярно, правилноBulgarian
- correctamentCatalan, Valencian
- správněCzech
- korekteEsperanto
- correctamenteSpanish
- تعریب, درستPersian
- oikein, korrektistiFinnish
- correctementFrench
- correctamenteGalician
- correttamenteItalian
- goed, correct, juistDutch
- właściwie, prawidłowo, poprawniePolish
- corretamentePortuguese
- corectRomanian
- правильноRussian
- тачно, tačnoSerbo-Croatian
- správneSlovak
- pravílnoSlovene
- korrekt, rätt, riktigtSwedish
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