correctly

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English

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Etymology

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From correct +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kəˈɹɛk(t)li/
  • Audio (Mid-Atlantic US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: cor‧rect‧ly

Adverb

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correctly (comparative more correctly, superlative most correctly)

  1. In a correct manner.
    Most people couldn't pronounce Daragh's name correctly, so he went by the name of "Dave" instead.
    • 2024 May 30, Aimee Ortiz and Alexandra E. Petri, “From 74th Place to Spelling Champion: One Boy’s Journey to Win the Scripps Bee”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Bruhat rattled off a head-spinning 29 correctly spelled words in 90 seconds, including heautophany, nachschläge and puszta.

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