What part of speech is correctly?
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part of speech: | transitive verb |
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inflections: | corrects, correcting, corrected |
definition 1: | to make accurate; remove mistakes from. synonyms: emend, emendate similar words: amend, edit, fix, mend, perfect, rectify, straighten out, touch up |
Subsequently, one may also ask, is correctly an adverb or adjective?
Correct: It felt good to score an A on the final. Well, when used as an adjective, implies "in good health." When used as an adverb, well means "expertly." Correct: My grandmother looks well even now in her eighties.
Beside above, what type of word is correctly?
When something is true, legitimate or right, you can say it's correct, using the word as an adjective.
Primary Meanings of correct.
1. | adjv | free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth make right or correct |
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3. | v | make reparations or amends for |
verb (used with object) to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight. to point out or mark the errors in: The teacher corrected the examination papers.