What does accurately mean?
Word: Accurately
Part of Speech: Adverb
Meaning: Accurately means with every detail just as it should be, and no errors at all.
Synonyms: correctly, exactly, precisely
Antonyms: inaccurately
How do you spell accurately?
Syllables: ac - cu - rate - ly
Tricky part: It has a double c but a single r, and the e of accurate stays before ly.
Watch out for: acurately, accuratly, accuratley
Memory tip: Accurate work is checked twice, so give it two c's: check, check. The e of accurate stays when ly is added.
Accurately in a sentence
Example 1: Please copy the phone number accurately so we can call back.
Example 2: The weather app accurately predicted rain at four o'clock.
Example 3: Arjun drew the map of India accurately, with every state in place.
Fun Fact
The best atomic clocks keep time so accurately that they would drift by less than a second in millions of years.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word: accurately
a) quickly
b) wrongly
c) carefully
d) neatly
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b) wrongly. Doing something wrongly means making mistakes, which accurate work avoids.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
taeycrlacu
a) accurately
b) adequately
c) accusingly
d) actually
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a) accurately. Adequately and accusingly need letters that are not there, and actually is too short, so the word is accurately.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The archer hit the centre of the target accuretely on her third try.
a) accuretely
b) centre
c) archer
d) target
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a) accuretely. Accurate is said quickly, but the vowel after r is an a: ac-cu-rate.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) seriusly
b) honestley
c) finaly
d) accurately
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d) accurately. Finally keeps the l of final and adds ly, seriously keeps the o of serious, and honestly just adds ly.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Copying a sum accurately means copying it ____.
a) with no mistakes
b) in neat handwriting
c) very quickly
d) from memory
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a) with no mistakes
2. A cricket umpire must judge accurately whether a batter is out. His decision must be ____.
a) quick
b) polite
c) right
d) loud
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c) right
