Antonyms for correctness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kuh-rekt

Phonetic Transcription : kəˈrɛkt

Definition of correctness

Origin : mid-14c., "to set right, rectify" (a fault or error), from Latin correctus, past participle of corrigere "to put straight, reduce to order, set right;" in transferred use, "to reform, amend," especially of speech or writing, from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + regere "to lead straight, rule" (see regal). Originally of persons; with reference to writing, etc., attested from late 14c. Related: Corrected; correcting.

noun accuracy
noun propriety

Example sentences :

Of the correctness of this hypothesis it is unnecessary to speak.
Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright

This is in harmony with our experience, and we have no doubt of the correctness of his observations.
Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright

The whole thing was princely in the correctness of its style.
Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola

This is only one proof of the correctness of Père Pargoire's position.
Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen

The correctness of these positions can be readily established.
Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen

And she felt her interest snuffed out by Tommy's correctness.
Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet

Are we to count them, Cratylus; and is correctness of names to be determined by the voice of a majority?
Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato

I should like to know whether any similar principle of correctness is to be applied to them.
Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato

Was there a correctness in words, and were they given by nature or convention?
Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato

That is my view, Hermogenes, of the correctness of names; and I should like to hear what Cratylus would say.
Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato

Synonyms for correctness

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