Correctness
[kə'rɛktnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) conformity to fact or truth.
(noun.) the quality of conformity to social expectations.
Typist: Miguel--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Accuracy, exactness, nicety, precision, truth, propriety, faultlessness.
Edited by Helen
Examples
- But I doubt the correctness of the assertion. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Subsequent events proved the correctness of their judgment. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- His next step proved conclusively the correctness of his old deductions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There is evidently a great deal at stake which must hinge to a greater or lesser extent upon the absolute correctness of this comparison. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The astronomer predicts an eclipse, and on the minute the spheres swing into line, verifying, beyond all doubt, the correctness of the laws predicated for their movements. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But the correctness of his eye, and the delicacy of his taste, proved to be beyond his politeness. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The practical result in the Pearl Street station has fully demonstrated the correctness of our estimate thus made in advance. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He had always, to quote his own rather nebulous statement, considered the correctness of a distant mathematical result to be the subject of mora l rather than of mathematical evidence. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The latter, firmly convinced of its correctness, suggested a strict test by having some cards printed and hung on each fixture at Mr. Morgan's place. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Although it took two or three years to convince the public of the correctness of his views, the idea gradually took strong root, and has now become an integral principle of the business. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But, he had been so careful to get it accurately, that he then spelt it with perfect correctness. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- We must have an exact knowledge of the parts, their situation and connexion, before we can design with any elegance or correctness. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I cannot stay to be a living witness to the correctness of this prophecy; but I feel it within me that it is to be so. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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