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

As a mom, my entryway can be more accurately described as a drop zone. —Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2026

There are few, if any, tools available to news consumers that can accurately tell if a piece of content has been created or manipulated by AI. —Jared Perlo, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026

Others pointed to how accurately the film captured the true high stakes peril of spaceflight. —Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026

In a social media post, Grainger argued that Brown's account of events leading up to his exit did not accurately reflect what happened. —Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1581, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for accurately

• inaccurately