inaccuratelyadv.
/(ˌ)ɪnˈakjᵿrətli/, U.S. /ᵻnˈækjərətli/ In an inaccurate manner; not accurately; inexactly; incorrectly.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [adverb]
at rebours?a1400
unjustlyc1425
wrongly1633
outa1641
inaccurately1669
unaccurately1674
uncorrectly1706
unprecisely1806
inexactly1849
à rebours1895
1669 J. Flamsteed Let. 24 Nov. in Corr. (1995) I. 13 These appearances, which I had not inaccurately calculated.
1699 S. Whately Answer Late Bk. written against Dr. Bentley iv. 134 He wrote it so..inaccurately, incuriously..and contrary to his usual practice.
1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. I. iv. 260 The Puma and Jaguar, its [sc. the New World's] fiercest beasts of prey, which Europeans have inaccurately denominated lions and tygers.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 316 Phænomena, inaccurately observed very often, and not always very fairly recorded.
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 37 Quoting or alluding to Homer inaccurately.
1901 A. Farrell Ice Hockey & Polo Guide 54 This sudden movement surprises the man and he is liable to shoot the puck inaccurately.
1933 J. Betjeman Ghastly Good Taste iv. 53 The style in which Gothic predominates may be called, inaccurately enough, Elizabethan.
1966 C. Siragusa & R. Wiedrich Trail of Poppy xiv. 205 To the 50,000 narcotics addicts they have inaccurately added..users of a host of substances that are not narcotic drugs.
2016 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 11 Dec. a16 Clinton was portrayed, inaccurately, as ready to repeal the 2nd Amendment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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