Meaning & use
Inaccurately
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In a way that is not correct or precise.
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The news report described the incident inaccurately, confusing key details.
The old map depicted the coastline inaccurately, misleading early sailors.
A note on using this word
The adverbial form of 'inaccurate', used to qualify how an action or statement falls short of the truth.
Words with a similar meaning
incorrectlyimprecisely
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Words with an opposite meaning
accuratelyprecisely
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