unerring
/ʌnˈəːrɪŋ
/adjective
Always right or accurate: an unerring sense of direction...
- I could always hop on the bus, but my unerring sense of direction would probably land me up at the opposite end of the island from my house.
- The accident raised his other senses to near-superhuman levels, allowing him to taste, touch, smell and hear with unerring accuracy.
- At the end of the second round he had opened up a 18-11 advantage mainly thanks to his ramrod right which he used with unerring accuracy.
Synonyms
unfailing, infallible, unswerving, perfect, flawless, faultless, error-free, impeccable, unimpeachable, sure, true, inevitable, assured, certain, uncanny, deadly, scrupulous, meticulous
informal sure-fire, spot on, dead
Derivatives
unerringly
/ adverb ...- The ball rolls crisply and unerringly towards the cup before dropping in to give the 39-year-old Scot his first European Tour victory since August 5, 2001.
- As a child back in the Little Town I could walk unerringly to the history section of the local library and pluck numerous volumes I'd read about World War II off the shelf.
- But the finger of suspicion points unerringly at us.
unerringness
- His name vouched for integrity, academic quality and unerringness in human and political judgement.
- The unerringness of the law was illustrated this morning at the Courthouse.
- Their reason was in the main the doubt that lurked behind many death sentences about the unerringness of the justice meted out.