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ACCURATELY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

With few mistakes

Example:

he works very accurately

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

inaccurately (in an inaccurate manner)

Pertainym:

accurate (conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Strictly correctly

Example:

repeated the order accurately

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

accurate ((of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct)

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 Context examples: 

Being able to accurately identify emotions in others is important for social interaction in general, but particularly so in interracial contexts, which are prone to misinterpretations and misunderstandings.

(White people’s perceptions of the emotions on black people’s faces are less accurate than their perceptions among other white people, University of Granada)

The work underscores the importance of accurately representing the role of soil microbes in climate models, the scientists say.

(Rising tundra temperatures lead to changes in microbial communities, National Science Foundation)

The use of a control, or comparison, group helps researchers determine the effects of a new treatment more accurately.

(Historical control subject, NCI Dictionary)

A tumor that can be accurately measured in size.

(Measurable disease, NCI Dictionary)

A measure of linguistic development based on a person's ability to accurately repeat nonsense words.

(Non-word Repetition, NCI Thesaurus)

Any method for determining as accurately as possible total food amount and composition ingested by subjects in dietary studies or amount of specific dietary components.

(Nutrition Monitoring, NCI Thesaurus)

Comparing the health of control animals with the health of treated animals allows researchers to evaluate the effects of a treatment more accurately.

(Control animal, NCI Dictionary)

The extent to which a measurement method accurately represents a construct and is able to produce an observation distinct from that produced by a measure of another construct.

(Construct Validity, NCI Thesaurus)

But because visual information processing in the brain is highly complex, scientists have struggled to demonstrate that these mathematical models accurately mimic a biological process happening in the brain during decision-making.

(Researchers discover neural code that predicts behavior, National Institutes of Health)

Researchers report that, in imaging studies of animal models of liver disease, the new compound (a protein-based MRI contrast agent) can accurately detect early stages of chronic liver disease, including mild fibrosis.

(New compound helps find early signs of liver damage, National Institutes of Health)