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.

—Julie Rehmeyer

Examples of accurately in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The difficult part was measuring the distortions accurately enough such that the correcting heat could be applied with exact precision. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 25 July 2026

The justice system depends on accurately evaluating intent, judgment, and culpability. — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, large hail and damaging straight-line winds depend on small-scale atmospheric processes that global climate models still struggle to represent accurately. — Deepti Singh, The Conversation, 24 July 2026

David returns as President Curtis, a divorced chief executive accurately praised by a reporter for having the best voice in presidential history. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1581, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for accurately

• inaccurately