Correct vs Correctively - What's the difference?
correct | correctively |
Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
(by extension) To grade (examination papers).
To inform (someone) of the latter's error.
In a corrective manner; so as to correct something.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 20, author=Melissa Clark, title=A Dish Whose Heart Longs for Spring, work=New York Times
, passage=I would throw in radishes, too, which would add a correctively spicy bite to keep things from getting too cloying. }}
As an adjective correct
is free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.As a verb correct
is to make something that was not valid become right to remove error.As an adverb correctively is
in a corrective manner; so as to correct something.correct
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Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (with good manners) well-mannered, well behavedAntonyms
* (without error) incorrect, inaccurate * (with good manners) uncouthDerived terms
* anatomically correct * correctly * hypercorrect * incorrectVerb
(en verb)- He corrected the position of the book on the mantle.
- It's rude to correct your parents.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* correctable * correction * uncorrectableExternal links
* * * 1000 English basic words ----correctively
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Adverb
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