"correctly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /kəˈɹɛk(t)li/ Audio: en-us-correctly.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: more correctly [comparative], most correctly [superlative]
Etymology: correct + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|correct|ly}} correct + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} correctly (comparative more correctly, superlative most correctly)
  1. In a correct manner. Synonyms: accurately, exactly, precisely Related terms: politically correctly Translations (in a correct manner): ὀρθῶς (orthôs) (Ancient Greek), προσηκόντως (prosēkóntōs) (Ancient Greek), ভালকৈ (bhalkoi) (Assamese), вярно (vjarno) (Bulgarian), правилно (pravilno) (Bulgarian), မှန်မှန် (hmanhman) (Burmese), correctament (Catalan), správně (Czech), correct (Dutch), juist (Dutch), goed (Dutch), korekte (Esperanto), oikein (Finnish), korrektisti (Finnish), correctement (French), correctamente (Galician), 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌱𐌰 (raihtaba) (Gothic), vernoist (Ingrian), correttamente (Italian), emendate (Latin), corrèctament (Occitan), تعریب (ta'rêb) (Persian), درست (dorost) (Persian), poprawnie (Polish), prawidłowo (Polish), właściwie (Polish), corretamente (Portuguese), corect (Romanian), în mod corect (Romanian), пра́вильно (právilʹno) (Russian), ऋजु (ṛju) (Sanskrit), tačno (Serbo-Croatian), тачно (Serbo-Croatian), správne (Slovak), pravílno (Slovene), correctamente (Spanish), korrekt (Swedish), rätt (Swedish), riktigt (Swedish)

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      "sense": "in a correct manner",
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      "sense": "in a correct manner",
      "word": "oikein"
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      "sense": "in a correct manner",
      "word": "korrektisti"
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      "word": "correctamente"
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      "sense": "in a correct manner",
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      "sense": "in a correct manner",
      "word": "تعریب"
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      "sense": "in a correct manner",
      "word": "درست"
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      "sense": "in a correct manner",
      "word": "poprawnie"
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      "word": "rätt"
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