Correctly and Simply

Correctly

Correctly adverb - In a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose.

Simply and correctly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Simply" instead an adverb "Correctly".

Simply

Simply adverb - For nothing other than.

Correctly and simply are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Correctly" instead an adverb "Simply".

Nearby Words: simple, simplistic

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Star Trek: The Lost Era He believes (correctly, actually, though his reasons are simply the result of his paranoia not genuine knowledge) that the Federation wasn't attacked by Admiral Vokar as everyone thinks.
  • Tabletop Game / Scrabble Actually, this isn't required - since words don't have to be spelled correctly provided all players are in agreement (see Loophole Abuse, though this would simply be "agreement"), two players with similar spelling skills can still play the board game together.
  • Video Game / Time Shift It's extremely cool, and obviously took a lot of time and effort to program correctly, but it simply doesn't have any usage in regular combat gameplay other than unsticking sticky grenades.
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