Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

correctly

/kəˈɹɛk(t).li/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables: cor-rect-ly
IPA: /kəˈɹɛk(t).li/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a correct manner.

Example Sentences

"Most people couldn't pronounce Daragh's name correctly, so he went by the name of "Dave" instead."
"Bruhat rattled off a head-spinning 29 correctly spelled words in 90 seconds, including heautophany, nachschläge and puszta."

Etymology

Etymology tree English correct Middle English -ly English -ly English correctly From correct + -ly.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kəˈɹɛk(t).li/
British English: /kəˈɹɛk(t).li/

Inflected Forms

more correctly (comparative) most correctly (superlative)

Phrases

politically correctly

Frequently Paired Words

politically correctly

Synonyms

accurately exactly precisely correctly dead-nuts definitely directly even for sure exact fully incisively

Antonyms

incorrectly

Rhymes With

directly incorrectly

Questions

How do you pronounce correctly?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈɹɛk(t).li/.
What does correctly mean?: In a correct manner.
Where does correctly come from?: Etymology tree English correct Middle English -ly English -ly English correctly From correct + -ly.

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