accurately

«accurately» in Mova's school dictionary: exactly correct, without mistakes — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (accurately; more accurately)

meaning for a pupil

1) In a way that is exactly correct, without mistakes. tree →

2) Hitting or reaching exactly the right point. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths and science pupils must measure accurately, draw accurately with a ruler, and copy numbers accurately. In sport you throw or kick accurately. Phrases: measure accurately, more accurately, to put it accurately.

examples

• Measure the line accurately with your ruler. tree →
• She kicked the ball accurately into the corner of the goal. tree →
• Copy the numbers accurately or your answer will be wrong. tree →
• The scales weigh the flour accurately to the gram. tree →
• He described the thief accurately to the police. tree →
• Read the scale accurately before you write the temperature. tree →
• Round your answer accurately to one decimal place. tree →

note

From the adjective "accurate"; noun "accuracy". Spelling: two c, one r: accurately. "Accurately" is about being exact; "precisely" is close in meaning. In maths it means do not guess or estimate.

In the corpora

• In a study reported from Stanford, college basketball players who slept longer for several weeks shot free throws more accurately.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «accurately» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.