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.—
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Do your homework and identify the pest accurately.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
More accurately, these failings are arrogance and incompetence.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
There are over 50 types of mosquitoes in Minnesota, but Carlson said scientists can predict the population of cattail mosquitoes more accurately.
—Ashley Grams, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
The lack of information from those two businesses could limit the state Department of Economic and Community Development’s ability to accurately determine whether millions of dollars in funding, which was controlled by McCrory and Blue Hills, was used appropriately.
—Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2026
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Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
More accurately, these failings are arrogance and incompetence.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
There are over 50 types of mosquitoes in Minnesota, but Carlson said scientists can predict the population of cattail mosquitoes more accurately.
—Ashley Grams, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
The lack of information from those two businesses could limit the state Department of Economic and Community Development’s ability to accurately determine whether millions of dollars in funding, which was controlled by McCrory and Blue Hills, was used appropriately.
—Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Accurately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accurately. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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