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[ adverb ] with few mistakes
Examples "he works very accurately" Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)One day Maeterlinck , coming with a friend upon an event which he recognized as the exact pattern of a previous dream , detailed the ensuing occurrences in_advance so accurately that his companion was completely mystified . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)All this , though , is simply a prelude , a curtain-raiser , for what ensues , and I doubt whether any Occidental could accurately forecast it . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] strictly correctly
Examples "repeated the order accurately" Used in print ("Editorials"...)So escalation proceeds , ad_infinitum or , more accurately , until the contestants begin dropping them on each other instead_of on their respective proving_grounds . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)They were put on control diets to determine as accurately as possible , the normal cholesterol level of their blood . |
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