| 单词 | correctly |
| 释义 | correctly (once / 649 pages) adv To do something correctly is to to it accurately: to do it right. A correctly spelled word is spelled right. When something is correct, it is right or accurate. The correct answer to a math problem is the right answer, so if you answered a math problem right, you answered it correctly. A correctly used semi-colon will make English teachers happy. If you quote a movie correctly, you get the quote exactly right. If you follow the traffic laws correctly, the police won't bother you. WORD FAMILYcorrect: correctable, corrected, correctedly, correcting, correctingly, correction, corrective, correctly, correctness, corrects, incorrect+/correctable: uncorrectable/corrected: uncorrected/correction: correctional, corrections/correctional: correctionally/corrective: correctively, correctives/correctness: correctnesses/incorrect: incorrectly, incorrectness/incorrectness: incorrectnesses USAGE EXAMPLESThe president-elect correctly reported crime numbers published by the Chicago Police Department on Sunday, but the figures were not record-setting. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) You read that correctly: It’s not a ban on plastic bags — it’s a ban on banning plastic bags. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) If they’re not fed, changed, or held correctly, it’s recorded. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) adv in an accurate manner the flower had been correctly depicted by his son Syn|Ant aright, right incorrectly, wrong, wrongly in an inaccurate manner |
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