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

Alex brings classroom concepts into a real business setting, helping her supervisors build a valuation model that accurately estimates the startup’s net worth. —Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025

This includes the inability to timely and accurately diagnose life-altering or threatening conditions using imaging modalities which are essential in emergency medicine and trauma care. —Robert Glatter and Peter Papadakos, Time, 8 Apr. 2025

Referencing the state’s $1 billion Medicaid shortfall, Shackleford said the state made a mistake in hiring a company that couldn’t accurately calculate how many Hoosiers require Medicaid. —Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025

This, coupled with a detailed analysis of the asteroid's light curve — the subtle variations in its brightness over time — enabled Bolin and his team to accurately determine not only the asteroid's composition and orbital characteristics but also its distinctly flattened, hockey-puck-like shape. —Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 8 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1581, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for accurately

• inaccurately