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

Colors won't be represented as accurately as on an LCD or OLED screen, since E-Ink supports just 4,096 colors, rather than millions. —ArsTechnica, 1 Apr. 2025

Hiring managers and talent management professionals must accurately predict future talent needs while assessing the current supply and demand of talent. —Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025

Clubs are required to accurately declare their income annually to comply with FFP regulations. —Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025

But to measure colors accurately, devices like telescopes and pulse oximeters must be correctly calibrated, and that's where the Atomic Spectroscopy Group comes in. —Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1581, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for accurately

• inaccurately