accurate
/ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/ adjective B1- Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty. · an accurate calculator· an accurate measure
- Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits. · My horoscopes I read last week were surprisingly accurate.
- On course to hit, or successful in hitting, a target; well-aimed. · an accurate pass· an accurate shot
- Capable of consistently hitting a target, especially using some weapon or tool. · an accurate marksman· an accurate shooter
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“Now then,” said the count, returning his tablets to his pocket, “make yourself perfectly easy; the hand of your time-piece will not be more accurate in marking the time than myself.”
An archer, who saw the Eagle from a place of concealment, took an accurate aim and wounded him mortally.
I could imagine his giving a friend a little pinch of the latest vegetable alkaloid, not out of malevolence, you understand, but simply out of a spirit of inquiry in order to have an accurate idea of the effects.
Anatomy.—Accurate, but unsystematic.
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