Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; erroneously.
Wiktionary
- adv. In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. in an inaccurate manner
Etymologies
- inaccurate + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I reported the title inaccurately, even managing to misspell it.”
“It built that knowledge into the system; if you typed a word inaccurately, Google would give you the right results anyway.”
“If she does hold such beliefs about the Roman Catholic pontiff, she is not making light of the word "Nazi" when she applies it to Ratzinger; she may be using the word inaccurately, but is not, in so using it, the least bit cavalier.”
“But because the Food and Drug Administration approved the patch, the company is arguing in court that it cannot be sued by women who claim that they were injured by the product — even though its old label inaccurately described the amount of estrogen it released.”
“He never uses a word inaccurately when he has once got hold of its meaning, and his memory never fails.”
“Why, during his 1987 presidential run, did he lie about his grades in law school, recalling inaccurately that he graduated in the in the "top half" of his class when he actually graduated 76th from a class of 85?”
“These include the fact that they only recorded the frequency rather than the amount of alcohol consumption in the month before people joined the study; there might be bias due to people recalling inaccurately how often they drank alcohol and also the information represents a snapshot of drinking behaviour at one point in time, rather than giving information about fluctuating alcohol consumption over a longer period; and, finally, there were marked differences in age and gender between the RA and the control groups, although the researchers did adjust their results for these factors.”
“As to whether Obama's comments on Reagan were "inaccurately" reported in any important sense, let's see Krugman's take on it, shall we?”
Obama Hits Bill Again, Faults National Media For Misreporting On Reagan Comments
“Clinton was already framed "inaccurately" she says, by the misquote "NAFTA is boon".”
Canadian News Station Stands By Obama-NAFTA Story, Names Aide
“Furthermore, Social Security recipients were allowed to appeal benefit suspensions or denials, but agency employees "inaccurately" told people they couldn't appeal, the law center said.”
The Wall Street Journal: Social Security Administration to Pay $500 Million in Settlement
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘inaccurately’.
-
Adverbia
A long list of adverbs, beginning with full-drive. Someone had to list them. This list in continued in the list More Adverbia.
Read some sniping and some informative commentary about a...full-drive, portentously, unlawfully, legally, heterogeneously, consumingly, clancularly, inconsolably, prepositionally, retrogressively, symptomatically, decrepitly and 2460 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for inaccurately.

Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.