correctly

Middle English, corrected, from Latin correctus, from past participle of corrigere seecorrect

adjective

  1. conforming to an approved or conventional standard

  2. conforming to or agreeing with fact, logic, or known truth

  3. conforming to a set figure

correct behavior

correct accurate exact precise nice right mean conforming to fact, standard, or truth. correct usually implies freedom from fault or error. accurate implies fidelity to fact or truth attained by exercise of care.

idiom

  1. if I remember accurately

The child's name was Rebecca Rose, if memory serves. She and her mother both died in the big influenza epidemic of 1918.