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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

accurately

/ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt.li/

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AK-yuh-rit-lee: start with a short, stressed a.

The double c supplies a k sound followed by a y glide. Keep the final “rit-lee” light; the ending does not contain the long ay of “rate.”

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The instrument measured the distance accurately.

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What does accurately mean?

adverb

  1. In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt.li/

Pronunciation used in the listening tip.

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈæk.jə.ɹət.li//ˈæk.jɚ.ɪt.li//ˈæk.jɚ.ət.li/
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I was not even capable of accurately remembering the number of the guests who had sat at the same table with me.
Wilkie CollinsThe MoonstoneProject Gutenberg ebook #155
Could she ever have been free from the extraordinarily upsetting home conditions one could have gauged much more accurately her mental capabilities.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449
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In the last chapter we saw how the ordinary mercurial barometer can be used to ascertain fairly accurately the height of mountains.
William J. ClaxtonThe mastery of the airProject Gutenberg ebook #777
Probably the chief cause of devotion to rigidity of method is, however, that it seems to promise speedy, accurately measurable, correct results.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852
So long, indeed, as a wife knows her husband’s income accurately, she has a sure means of holding him to his oaths.
H. L. (Henry Louis) MenckenIn Defense of WomenProject Gutenberg ebook #1270