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# correctly

«correctly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in the right way, without mistakes** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (correctly, more correctly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Correctly means in the right way, without mistakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correctly/#m1)

2) Correctly means in a proper or polite way that fits the rules or situation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correctly/#m2)

3) Correctly speaking means strictly speaking, if you want to be exact about what is true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correctly/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school, pupils answer questions correctly, spell words correctly and use punctuation correctly; tests count how many answers are correct. In safety, wearing a helmet or seatbelt correctly matters. Phrases: answer correctly, spell correctly, if I remember correctly.

### examples

- She answered all the questions correctly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correctly/#x1)
- Spell your name correctly on the form. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correctly/#x2)
- Wear your bike helmet correctly, with the strap done up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correctly/#x3)
- If I remember correctly, the bus comes at noon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correctly/#x4)
- He correctly guessed the number of sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correctly/#x5)
- Hold the pencil correctly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correctly/#x6)
- I got 18 out of 20 correctly, so I made 2 mistakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correctly/#x7)
- Correctly speaking, you are but a youngster in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correctly/#x8)

### note

Adverb from correct (+ly). Opposite: incorrectly, wrongly. Spelling: double r. In maths and tests, number correct + number wrong = total questions.

### In the corpora

- [Only a globe can show the shapes, areas, distances and directions of all places correctly at the same time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/1-maps-and-scale/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «correctly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correctly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.