correctly
adv/kəˈɹɛk(t).li/
Etymology From correct + -ly.
1
In a correct manner.
- 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.2024 May 30, Aimee Ortiz and Alexandra E. Petri, “From 74th Place to Spelling Champion: One Boy’s Journey to Win the Scripps Bee”, in The New York Times:
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