CORRECTLY Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

correctly

adverb

Definition of correctly

as in properly

in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose dressed correctly for an appearance in court

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Recent Examples of correctly One lesson is that with trusts, or really with any legal entity, correctly structuring the trust only is a part of the solution. — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 StubHub did not update this rescheduling correctly within its internal system. — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026 In both groups, on average, people did fewer than half the steps correctly. — C. Michael White, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026 There’s a lot going on — clearly too much to pronounce any of Tolkien’s placenames correctly, so just let go of that now, nerds, lest ye despair. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026 If executed correctly, Mach cutoff results in no sonic boom reaching the ground at all. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026 El-Sayed and his supporters (correctly) saw the race as a way to make other Democrats cautious about siding with the pro-Israel lobby. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026 At the end of the fairytale, the Queen vanquishes Rumpelstiltskin by correctly guessing his name. — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026 Do not retreat into hints and hope someone guesses correctly. — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026

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As one of the most important organs in the body, the heart needs to function properly under all circumstances, even during stressful situations such as imminent danger.

— Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
To properly rebalance, Beijing would need to reconstruct the fiscal model on which every province and municipality depends, accept the resulting collapse in local government revenues, and absorb mass layoffs.

— Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026

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