Correctly
Correctly adverb - In a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose.
Usage example: dressed correctly for an appearance in court
Incorrectly
Incorrectly adverb - In a mistaken or inappropriate way.
Usage example: you incorrectly identified the part of speech of one of the words in the sentence
Correctly is an antonym for incorrectly.
Nearby Words: incorrect, incorrectness
Both words in one sentence
- Anything Goes has a chorus in which "bon voyage" is pronounced incorrectly and correctly, and a few other phrases are correctly rendered in French.
Source: Gratuitous French - People, whether correctly or incorrectly, believe that it will end their catastrophe.
Source: Chemical Messiah -
Usually, this trope either takes the form of lesbian characters playing sports, or other people assuming (correctly or incorrectly) that a female character is a lesbian because she enjoys sports.
Source: Lesbian Jock
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