correctly

adv
/kəˈɹɛk(t).li/

Etymology

From correct + -ly.

  1. derived from correctus
  2. derived from correcter
  3. inherited from correcten
  4. formed as correctly — “correct + -ly

Definitions

  1. In a correct manner.

    • Most people couldn't pronounce Daragh's name correctly, so he went by the name of "Dave" instead.
    • Bruhat rattled off a head-spinning 29 correctly spelled words in 90 seconds, including heautophany, nachschläge and puszta.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at correctly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at correctly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at correctly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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