CORRECTLY Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

correctly

adverb

Definition of correctly

as in properly

in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose dressed correctly for an appearance in court

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Recent Examples of correctly Sales, engineering and production can all do their jobs correctly while nobody owns the dependencies between the customer’s budget and your roadmap. — Masha Khmel, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026 China has correctly diagnosed its most pressing economic problems. — Oliver Melton, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2026 The only Western political movement in the last ten years that correctly identified the raw material under this anger, if not the right prescription, was the Brexit party. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2026 Alexa correctly identified the Apple foldable before suggesting that the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 is the best option for me. — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026 That working class people live with paucity of choice, and of chances, may be considered from the outside as a moral and social ill to be reckoned with, but Betty correctly sees that this is the fact of her life and behaves and thinks accordingly. — Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026 Still, there's a case to be made that the game may never have reached overtime in the first place, had the rules been correctly applied. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026 The poor guy couldn’t even get fired with his name spelled correctly. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026 Wheat Flour Sometimes, even our best efforts to store things correctly can’t prevent spoilage. — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2026

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To that end, here are seven points to keep in mind in order to strength train properly, no matter your age or fitness level.

— Laura Solla, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026
When the track properly kicks in, the guitar strums, drums, and vocals are all present and well-balanced, with no element outshining another.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of properly

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The flashback structure doesn’t serve much of a purpose except to delay the audience’s complete endorsement of a character who, though appropriately cantankerous, is unambiguously a hero and nice guy.

— Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
Per People, Madonna—perhaps appropriately—chose to go as the Weeping Madonna statue, and Morris was dressed as a nun.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 2 Nov. 2026

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