accurately
adverb
ac·cu·rate·ly
ˈa-kyə-rət-lē 
ˈa-k(ə-)rət-,
ˈa-k(y)ərt-
: in an accurate manner : without mistakes or errors
It is very difficult to predict the weather accurately.
The book's title does not accurately reflect its subject.
For the first time, Europeans could accurately visualize their continent in a way that enabled them to improvise new navigational routes instead of simply going from point to point.—
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Julie RehmeyerExamples of accurately in a Sentence
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Also, state budget analysts had difficulty accurately predicting how much tax money would be coming in after the IRS allowed Californians last year to delay paying taxes from April until November due to the historic storms that upended many communities.
—Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
But our clarity was resolute: nothing held more significance to us than accurately portraying the truth about why the students' anti-war protests were happening and the core purpose of the encampment’s demands.
—Hoda Sherif, TIME, 10 May 2024
Photoshop and other programs use machine learning AI (called Sensei in Adobe’s case) to do things like accurately select people and objects in your image to remove the background, or remove an object and replace it with image content that matches the background of the existing image.
—PCMAG, 10 May 2024
Then the comebacker threw an unexpected wrench into his recovery process — causing a new injury that took time to be accurately diagnosed.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
Actors were outfitted with thin suits dotted with small balls to allow computers to accurately place ape skin.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
Hard figures on military and civilian casualties are impossible to accurately calculate, but numbers in the tens of thousands for both sides.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 9 May 2024
One of the study’s limitations is whether—and how accurately—lead levels in hair correspond to lead levels in blood.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
The department has also sought to improve the operation at the fish-collection facility by incorporating genetic testing technologies to more accurately differentiate between endangered and non-endangered types of salmon.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
But our clarity was resolute: nothing held more significance to us than accurately portraying the truth about why the students' anti-war protests were happening and the core purpose of the encampment’s demands.
—Hoda Sherif, TIME, 10 May 2024
Photoshop and other programs use machine learning AI (called Sensei in Adobe’s case) to do things like accurately select people and objects in your image to remove the background, or remove an object and replace it with image content that matches the background of the existing image.
—PCMAG, 10 May 2024
Then the comebacker threw an unexpected wrench into his recovery process — causing a new injury that took time to be accurately diagnosed.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
Actors were outfitted with thin suits dotted with small balls to allow computers to accurately place ape skin.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
Hard figures on military and civilian casualties are impossible to accurately calculate, but numbers in the tens of thousands for both sides.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 9 May 2024
One of the study’s limitations is whether—and how accurately—lead levels in hair correspond to lead levels in blood.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
The department has also sought to improve the operation at the fish-collection facility by incorporating genetic testing technologies to more accurately differentiate between endangered and non-endangered types of salmon.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
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“Accurately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accurately. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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