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adverb

accurately

CEFR B1

with few mistakes

In a sentence

Six example sentences with accurately, each labelled with its topic.

  • A gray card lets the camera read color accurately, so the painting on the wall looks the same in the print.

    Photography

  • The old clock lost a minute each week, while the new one keeps time accurately enough for satellite navigation.

    Science

  • Nurses are taught to record dosages accurately, because a decimal point in the wrong place changes everything for the patient.

    Medicine

  • Bookkeepers who record every receipt accurately spend an afternoon on the tax return, not a frantic week in April.

    Finance

  • The scorekeeper must log fouls accurately, because a wrong tally can send the wrong player to the bench.

    Basketball

  • The speech model transcribes quiet rooms accurately but drops every third word once a kettle starts to boil.

    Technology

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