The phrase "accurately characterized" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something in a precise and truthful manner, often in academic or analytical contexts.
Example: "The study accurately characterized the behavior of the species in its natural habitat."
Alternatives: "precisely described" or "correctly depicted".
But he more accurately characterized himself as "an English-speaking, itinerant European sculptor".
Daisey, pretty much everyone agrees, accurately characterized the conditions at Foxconn, but he did this with various "embellishments".
Over the weekend, Mr. Obama more accurately characterized the McCain plan as a swap but one that would work to the detriment of millions.
Dr. Peters declined a request for an interview, but he wrote recently on his blog, canonlawblog.blogspot.com, that his remarks had been accurately characterized by Cybercast News Service.
"Pipeline Spills Put Safeguards Under Scrutiny" (front page, Sept. 10) accurately characterized many of the difficulties we face overseeing America's 2.5 million miles of oil and gas pipelines.
While it is true that chilies have an important place in the pantry -- Mr. Mateo uses Scotch bonnets in his turkey preparation -- good Haitian cooking is more accurately characterized by piquancy in which the heat of the chilies is balanced with garlic and thyme, vinegar, tangy citrus or earthy beans.
He said that the agency had not accurately characterized the views he had expressed in e-mails and added that it was improper to catalog political opinions attributed to him.
But something in a response by one of Andrew Sullivan's readers is still bugging me: "what Manzi has accurately characterized as Europe's free riding on the US for defense".
It's what Al Gore accurately characterized as the stalker economy.
Surveillance applications allow dynamic systems to be accurately characterized.
Here, the oxide is accurately characterized as γ-Fe2O3.
