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unerringly

unerringly adverb: without making a mistake, perfectly, directly.

Adverb

unerringly (not comparable)

  1. Without making a mistake, perfectly, directly
    • His sense of direction leads us unerringly every time.
    • Unerringly impelling this dead, impregnable, uninjurable wall, and this most buoyant thing within; there swims behind it all a mass of tremendous life, only to be adequately estimated as piled wood is—by the cord; and all obedient to one volition, as the smallest insect.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Battering-ram”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 376

unerringly meaning in Tamil

unerringly in Tamil

திருத்தமாக

Examples of unerringly in a sentence

  • By this time his hand had gone unerringly to the book he sought, and he was turning the pages among the Tragedies.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
  • It proved the cue for a period of implosion from Wigan, who fell two behind shortly after the hour courtesy of Boyce's costly error, Young firing in unerringly from the spot.2011 January 25, Les Roopanarine, “Wigan 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBC:

Origin of unerringly

From unerring + -ly.

Questions about unerringly

What does unerringly mean?
Unerringly means without making a mistake, perfectly, directly.
What is unerringly in Tamil?
Unerringly in Tamil is திருத்தமாக. See Unerringly meaning in Tamil.
How do you use unerringly in a sentence?
By this time his hand had gone unerringly to the book he sought, and he was turning the pages among the Tragedies.
What part of speech is unerringly?
Unerringly is an adverb.

Words near unerringly in the dictionary

  1. unerrably
  2. unerrancy
  3. unerrant
  4. unerratic
  5. unerring
  6. unerringly
  7. unerringness
  8. unerroneous
  9. unerroneously
  10. Unertan syndrome
  11. unerudite

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