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

Proteinuria is measured most accurately by a 24-hour urine collection test. —Md Published, Verywell Health, 12 Jan. 2026

The wearable system watches for minute eyeball movements and accurately translates them into whatever command makes sense contextually. —Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 12 Jan. 2026

China frames its engagement — accurately or not — as co-production and co-dependence rather than exploitation or charity. —Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2026

Not getting accurately diagnosed until seeing a cornea specialist, as in Sanchez’s and Jamison’s cases, is a common experience for patients with acanthamoeba keratitis. —Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1581, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for accurately

• inaccurately