inaccurately

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/ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹət.li/

adverb

In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.

Opposite
UncommonScrabble 19

Meanings

adverbinaccurately (comparative more inaccurately, superlative most inaccurately)

comparative more inaccurately · superlative most inaccurately

  1. 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

Opposite

adverbin an inaccurate manner

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inaccurately,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inaccurately.

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