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 cost of not complying Another key provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill requires states to manage SNAP more accurately or risk losing funding. —Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 16 Nov. 2025

Now researchers have at last accurately measured the temperature of this matter for the first time. —Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 15 Nov. 2025

The facility’s chlorine test strips available on-site did not accurately measure the sanitizer level. —Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2025

However, the researchers contend that the participants may be better than the average person at accurately providing such details, given their background in nursing. —Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1581, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for accurately

• inaccurately