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Example sentences for "more correctly"

  • We may say that an "instinctive" movement is a vital movement performed by an animal the first time that it finds itself in a novel situation; or, more correctly, one which it would perform if the situation were novel.

  • More correctly, the observed effect, when a child which has been burnt is put near a fire, has for its cause, not merely the neighbourhood of the fire, but this together with the previous burning.

  • It is merely a history of the origin of the Israelites transcribed into verse, or, more correctly, a versified commentary on the Pentateuch.

  • Frankel wished to see a conference of rabbis, or, more correctly, of notables in the foremost rank of Jewish learning, so that the chasm between the old and the new systems might be bridged over.

  • Luzzatto in his dramatic parable clothes and vivifies this train of ideas, and enunciates them in monologues and dialogues through the mouth of acting, or, more correctly, speaking characters.

  • In this way there are built up craters or mounds, or, more correctly, crater-shaped basins.

  • Adam, meanwhile, has a third son, born after he had lost the first two and whom he calls Seth (more correctly Sheth).

  • London, September, 1855 Originally appended to the collection of Poems called Men and Women, the greater portion of which has now been, more correctly, distributed under the other titles of this edition.

  • Or, more correctly speaking, the English breed of people living in Ireland held Parliament in College Green.

  • Or, more correctly speaking, I should say this Gladstone, Prime Minister of England, in his government of Ireland, has often reminded me of that blackbird.

  • They would be more correctly described as the "agnates" of the deceased, but the term "residuaries" is too firmly established to be displaced.

  • Sanskrit, or, more correctly, the Primary Prakrit) for its origin.

  • Perhaps the wives and daughters might more correctly be said to belong to the family than to be members of it.

  • El Malojero is a dark young gentleman who perambulates the town on the back of a mule--or more correctly on the summit of a small mountain of long, freshly-gathered grass.

  • More correctly, Carabanchel or Carabancheles, two villages a few miles south of Madrid.

  • More correctly, men of the garrison; defenders.

  • More correctly, el Ferrol or farol, the lighthouse.

  • After the departure of Agamemnon to the Trojan war, Aegisthus seduced his wife Clytaemnestra (more correctly Clytaemestra) and with her assistance slew him on his return.

  • During this period Agamemnon and Menelaus took refuge with Tyndareus, king of Sparta, whose daughters Clytaemnestra (more correctly Clytaemestra) and Helen they respectively married.

  • The name ``Great'' Atlas is more correctly applied to the main range in Morocco.

  • The title bestowed on Sandy Grant of the "great bard" would perhaps be more correctly translated as the "big bard," for it was given him on account of his enormous stature and strength rather than for his merits as a poet.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "more correctly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    being sensible; more acquaintance; more active; more amusing; more careful; more closely; more commonly; more easily; more economical; more elaborate; more excellent; more feet; more formidable; more frequently; more general; more grace; more important; more intimate; more nearly; more particular; more power; more seen; more thorough; more years; object lesson; per cent