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accurately

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ac·cu·rate  (kyr-t)
adj.
1. Conforming exactly to fact; errorless.
2. Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits from a standard.
3. Capable of providing a correct reading or measurement: an accurate scale.
4. Acting or performing with care and precision; meticulous: an accurate proofreader.

[Latin accrtus, done with care, past participle of accrre, to do with care : ad-, ad- + crre, to care for (from cra, care; see cure).]

accu·rate·ly adv.
accu·rate·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.accuratelyaccurately - with few mistakes; "he works very accurately"
inaccurately - in an inaccurate manner; "this student works rather inaccurately and sloppily"
2.accuratelyaccurately - strictly correctly; "repeated the order accurately"

accurately
Translations
Spanish accurately [ˈækjurɪtlɪ] adv [count, shoot, answer] → con precisión
French accurately [ˈækjurɪtlɪ] accurate advavec précision
German accurately [ˈækjurɪtlɪ] accurate advgenau;
(answer) → richtig

Italian accurately [ˈækjurɪtlɪ] advprecisamente

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This comes about when a blunder is made, and that to which the relative is related is not accurately stated.
You, sir," - turning to the superior animal - "are, as he has accurately observed, a rabbit.
But the chief peculiarity of this horrible thing was the representation of a Death's Head, which covered nearly the whole surface of its breast, and which was as accurately traced in glaring white, upon the dark ground of the body, as if it had been there carefully designed by an artist.
 
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