Meanings
comparative more inaccurately · superlative most inaccurately
- In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.
1 more example
In his opening pages he defines snark negatively — as a practice that certain famed comics are often charged with, but undeservedly and inaccurately because they actually trade in “irony” and also, one can’t help but gather from Denby’s remarks, because they’re politically virtuous in their japery, even when their words seem cruel and harsh.
2009 February 22, Walter Kirn, “Insult as Injury”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin an inaccurate manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From inaccurate + -ly or in- + accurately.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan desacuradament
- desacuradamentIn an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly
Dutch onnauwkeurig
- onnauwkeurigIn an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly
Esperanto malprecize
- malprecizeIn an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly
Cite this entry
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