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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
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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
Until we hear from the witnesses, until we get the documents, the American people will correctly assume that those blocking their testimony were aiding and abetting a cover up, plain and simple, president President Donald Trump, release the emails, let the witnesses testify, what are you afraid of ?
Having somebody like Emmet sitting behind you makes you feel a lot better about life, i think I'm the last sitting White House staffer to go to Capitol Hill and correctly invoke executive privilege on behalf of the president.
As you said, It's as big as an economy. It's a country, with 3 billion people, they’re not monitoring it correctly. And at the very top, we have someone who is unfireable, unaccountable and really can do whatever he wants and is spectacularly unsuited to the task.
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.
Goal is for repaired car to be better than before accident, should always be true if damaged/used parts are correctly replaced with newer parts.
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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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