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

These sonobuoys typically work as part of a larger network, where multiple buoys are deployed over a wide area to create an underwater surveillance grid, allowing operators to triangulate and track submarine movements more accurately, as per reports. —Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026

The court document says their eligibility for public assistance programs was based on statements Elsagher and Elshazli provided to the county agency, which requires people applying to accurately report their household income and assets. —Nick Lentz, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026

Without ingredient disclosures, parents are unable to accurately compare products and may not know when manufacturers change ingredients, Knight said. —Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026

Or more accurately out in front and to the side of the plate. —Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1581, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for accurately

• inaccurately