ACCURATELY
accurately
(adverb) with few mistakes; “he works very accurately”
accurately
(adverb) strictly correctly; “repeated the order accurately”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
accurately (comparative more accurately, superlative most accurately)
In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.
Synonyms
• exactly, precisely, slap bang; see also exactly
Source: Wiktionary
Ac"cu*rate*ly, adv.
Definition: In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or
defect.
ACCURATE
Ac"cu*rate, a. Etym: [L. accuratus, p. p. and a., fr. accurare to
take care of; ad + curare to take care, cura care. See Cure.]
1. In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of
requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error,
or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure;
accurate expression, knowledge, etc.
2. Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful. [Obs.]
Those conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences
upon these things below. Bacon.
Syn.
– Correct; exact; just; nice; particular.
– Accurate, Correct, Exact, Precise. We speak of a thing as correct
with reference to some rule or standard of comparison; as, a correct
account, a correct likeness, a man of correct deportment. We speak of
a thing as accurate with reference to the care bestowed upon its
execution, and the increased correctness to be expected therefrom;
as, an accurate statement, an accurate detail of particulars. We
speak of a thing as exact with reference to that perfected state of a
thing in which there is no defect and no redundance; as, an exact
coincidence, the exact truth, an exact likeness. We speak of a thing
as precise when we think of it as strictly conformed to some rule or
model, as if cut down thereto; as a precise conformity instructions;
precisely right; he was very precise in giving his directions.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition