correctly

[Cor*rect·ly]

To do something correctly is to to it accurately: to do it right. A correctly spelled word is spelled right.

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In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.

Adverb
in a correct manner; "he guessed right"


adv.
In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.


Correctly

Cor*rect"ly (k?r-r?kt"l?), adv. In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.

In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.

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Usage Examples

In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever.

Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness?

Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

Yes, I was correctly quoted in saying I introduced sex into films in the 20's, but it was sex in good taste and left a great deal to one's imagination.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

So China will be having to make some choices as to whose side it wants to be on. Hopefully, this will be the beginning of a major improvement in our relationship with them, if they choose correctly.

The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into the divine and the human, if one only interprets this correctly.

A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.

Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of our own self. Our consciousness being broadened and enriched, we shall judge ourselves more correctly.

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