Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a correct manner; in conformity with truth, justice, rectitude, or propriety; according to a standard, or in conformity with an original or a model; exactly; accurately; without fault or error: as, to behave correctly; to write, speak, or think correctly; to weigh or measure correctly; to judge correctly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.
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- adverb In a
correct manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an accurate manner
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Examples
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The test is passed if _one of the designs is reproduced correctly and the other about half correctly_.
The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale Lewis Madison Terman 1916
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In the finals there was the ice breaker: "The spellers' exsufflation at spelling the word correctly blew people's hair back in the front row."
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Did you know you had spelled the word correctly when you finished?
Scripps Spelling Bee Champ Sets Her Sights on Jeopardy! 2011
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Each time I spoke a name correctly a buzzer rang and the audience cheered.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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Each time I spoke a name correctly a buzzer rang and the audience cheered.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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Each time I spoke a name correctly a buzzer rang and the audience cheered.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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Both Mexico and Canada are angry with the U.S. for the "buy American" provision in Obama's stimulus bill, which they label correctly as "protectionist."
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I saw it 6 times in the theater. bomberman you wasted 60 to 72 dollars on a movie that you can't even remember the title correctly? freemachine
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If I'm reading the question of the title correctly, why can't the answer be "both"?
Is It Better To View Jesus' Prediction as Trite or Mistaken? James F. McGrath 2009
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If you do not know how to spell it, how do you know you are using the term correctly, or really know what you are talking about?
John Wellington Ennis: Liveblogging Glenn Beck's 9-12 D.C. Parade Signage 2009
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