"correctly" meaning in English

See correctly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /kəˈrɛktli/
Etymology: correct + -ly Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|correct|ly}} correct + -ly
  1. If you do something correctly, then you do it as it is supposed to be done, doing it in a correct way.
    Sense id: simple-correctly-en-adv-H6ni5PKr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ly
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