Standard Lemma guide

correctly

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /kəˈɹɛk(t).li/
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  • CMU ARPABET: K ER0 EH1 K T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In a correct manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Most people couldn't pronounce Daragh's name correctly, so he went by the name of "Dave" instead.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: accurately, exactly, precisely, correctly, dead-nuts, definitely, directly, even, exact, fully, incisively, just, jump, on target, on the button, on the dot, on the mark, on the money, on the nose, perfectly, plump, plunk, punctually, right, sharp, slap, slap bang, squarely, decently, morally, rightly, becomingly, chastely, continently, decorously, deservingly, dutifully, duteously, meritoriously, modestly, nobly, right-mindedly, righteously, virtuously, worthily

Antonyms: incorrectly

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in an accurate manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the flower had been correctly depicted by his son
  • he guessed right

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: right, aright

Antonyms: incorrectly

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English correct Middle English -ly English -ly English correctly From correct + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Assamese: ভালকৈ (bhalkoi) — in a correct manner
  • Bulgarian: вярно (vjarno) — in a correct manner
  • Bulgarian: правилно (pravilno) — in a correct manner
  • Burmese: မှန်မှန် (hmanhman) — in a correct manner
  • Catalan: correctament — in a correct manner
  • Czech: správně — in a correct manner
  • Dutch: correct — in a correct manner
  • Dutch: juist — in a correct manner
  • Dutch: goed — in a correct manner
  • Esperanto: korekte — in a correct manner
  • Finnish: oikein — in a correct manner
  • Finnish: korrektisti — in a correct manner
  • French: correctement — in a correct manner
  • Galician: correctamente — in a correct manner
  • Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌱𐌰 (raihtaba) — in a correct manner
  • Ancient Greek: ὀρθῶς (orthôs) — in a correct manner
  • Ancient Greek: προσηκόντως (prosēkóntōs) — in a correct manner
  • Ingrian: vernoist — in a correct manner
  • Italian: correttamente — in a correct manner
  • Korean: 정확(正確)히 (jeonghwakhi) — in a correct manner
  • Latin: emendate — in a correct manner
  • Occitan: corrèctament — in a correct manner
  • Persian: تعریب (ta'rêb) — in a correct manner
  • Persian: درست (dorost) — in a correct manner
  • Polish: poprawnie — in a correct manner
  • Polish: prawidłowo — in a correct manner
  • Polish: właściwie — in a correct manner
  • Portuguese: corretamente — in a correct manner
  • Romanian: corect — in a correct manner
  • Romanian: în mod corect — in a correct manner
  • Russian: пра́вильно (právilʹno) — in a correct manner
  • Sanskrit: ऋजु (ṛju) — in a correct manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: tačno — in a correct manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: тачно — in a correct manner
  • Slovak: správne — in a correct manner
  • Slovene: pravílno — in a correct manner
  • Spanish: correctamente — in a correct manner
  • Swedish: korrekt — in a correct manner
  • Swedish: rätt — in a correct manner
  • Swedish: riktigt — in a correct manner
Real reading context

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