Correctly — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

in an accurate manner

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kjˈuːkə/

🇬🇧British English

/kəɹˈɛktli/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kəɹˈɛktli/

3 syllables Say it as /kjˈuːkə/.

Examples

the flower had been correctly depicted by his son
he guessed right

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

right aright

Antonyms

wrongly incorrectly

Parts of Speech

adverb

in an accurate manner

“the flower had been correctly depicted by his son”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

korrekt

auf genaue Weise

🇫🇷French

correctement

de manière précise

🇪🇸Spanish

correctamente

de manera precisa

🇮🇹Italian

correttamente

in modo accurato

🇳🇱Dutch

correct

op een nauwkeurige manier

🇵🇹Portuguese

corretamente

de maneira precisa

🇷🇺Russian

правильно

точным образом

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सही ढंग से

सटीक तरीके से

🇧🇩Bengali

সঠিকভাবে

একটি সঠিক পদ্ধতিতে

🇮🇳Tamil

சரியாக

ஒரு துல்லியமான முறையில்

🇮🇳Telugu

సరిగ్గా

ఖచ్చితమైన పద్ధతిలో

🇮🇳Marathi

बरोबर

अचूक रीतीने

🇮🇳Gujarati

યોગ્ય રીતે

સચોટ રીતે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ

ನಿಖರವಾದ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ശരിയായി

കൃത്യമായ രീതിയിൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਹੀ ਢੰਗ ਨਾਲ

ਇੱਕ ਸਹੀ ਤਰੀਕੇ ਨਾਲ

🇵🇰Urdu

صحیح طریقے سے

ایک درست طریقے سے

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

正确地

准确地

🇯🇵Japanese

正しく

正確な方法で

🇰🇷Korean

바르게

정확한 방법으로

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chính xác

một cách chính xác

🇹🇭Thai

อย่างถูกต้อง

🇮🇩Indonesian

benar

dengan cara yang akurat

🇵🇭Filipino

tama

sa tumpak na paraan

🇲🇾Malay

dengan betul

dengan cara yang tepat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بشكل صحيح

بطريقة دقيقة

🇮🇷Persian

به درستی

به شیوه ای دقیق

🇹🇷Turkish

doğru şekilde

doğru bir şekilde

🇮🇱Hebrew

נְכוֹנָה

בצורה מדויקת

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What is the primary definition of the word 'correctly'?

The primary meaning of 'correctly' is 'in an accurate manner'.

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Using 'correctly' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'correctly' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'correctly' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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