correctlyadv.
/kəˈrɛktli/, U.S. /kəˈrɛk(t)li/ In a correct manner; in accordance with what is considered right; exactly, accurately, without error: see the adjective.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [adverb]
with reasonc1300
skilfullyc1325
skillwiselya1340
skilfula1400
reasonablyc1400
of reason1405
in reasona1450
upon reasonc1450
reasonfully1532
justlya1538
rationablya1540
reasonally1567
reasonable1573
as soon (as)1579
rationally1610
to reason1613
rational1662
correctlya1704
rightly1703
upon the weight of1710
legitimately1794
well-foundedly?1841
tarblish1842
sanely1884
society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adverb] > qualities generally
strongly1642
artistly1664
correctlya1704
meretriciously1755
boldly1765
chastely1815
literally1816
airily1823
stylistically1889
decadently1892
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb]
rightlyeOE
righteOE
evenOE
evenlya1225
redlyc1275
justicelya1375
justilya1375
justlya1375
redilya1375
trulya1375
properlya1382
precisec1392
preciselyc1392
truec1392
straitlya1395
leala1400
arightc1405
by linec1420
justlyc1425
featlya1450
rule-righta1450
to the letter?1495
exquisitely1526
evenliklya1530
very1530
absolutely1538
jump1539
just1568
accurately1581
punctually1581
jumplya1586
arights1596
just so1601
plumb1601
compassly1606
nicelya1616
squarely1626
justa1631
adequately1632
mathematicallya1638
critically1655
exquisitively1660
just1665
pointedly1667
faithfully1690
correctlya1704
jus1801
jest1815
jes1851
neat1875
cleanly1883
on the nose1883
smack-dab1892
spot on1920
forensically1974
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > so as to match truth, exactly
rightlyeOE
rightOE
faithfullyc1425
preciselya1513
justlya1538
verbatim1566
strictly1602
exactly1662
correctlya1704
prezactly1835
sensu stricto1849
perzactly1850
'zackly1886
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adverb] > correctly
cleanly1695
correctlya1704
a1704 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. (1705) §168. 304 There are Ladies who without Knowing what Tenses and Participles, Adverbs and Prepositions are, speak as properly and as correctly..as most Gentlemen.
1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 16 Such Lays as neither ebb, nor flow, Correctly cold, and regularly low.
1751 G. Berkeley Let. in Wks. (1871) IV. 330 The care you have taken in publishing the inscription so correctly.
1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. (1815) VIII. 381 If I am correctly informed.
1888 M. Morris Claverhouse i. 6 He could not spell correctly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.a1704- to cast occasionally to make sheep'seyes at
- to cast off
- to cast off the yoke
- to cast on
- to cast on or consign to the scrap-heap
- to cast on or consign to the scrapheap
- to cast one in the teeth with
- to cast one's bread upon the waters
- to cast one's cap at
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- to cast one's garter
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- to cast or count one's cards
- to cast or throw a chill over
- to cast or throw a lurid light on
- to cast out
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