per·fect·ly
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| 1. | in a perfect manner or to a perfect degree: to sing an aria perfectly. |
| 2. | completely; fully; adequately: This will suit my purpose perfectly. |
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| 1. | completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right" [syn: absolutely] |
| 2. | in a perfect or faultless way; "She performed perfectly on the balance beam"; "spoke English perfectly"; "solved the problem perfectly" [ant: amiss] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈperfectly1 adverb
without mistakes or flaws
Example: She performed the dance perfectly.
ˈperfectly2 adverbExample: She performed the dance perfectly.
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very; completely
Example: He was perfectly happy.
See also: perfection, perfectionist, perfectExample: He was perfectly happy.
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Perfectly
Per"fect*ly\, adv. In a perfect manner or degree; in or to perfection; completely; wholly; throughly; faultlessly. "Perfectly divine." --Milton. As many as touched were made perfectly whole. --Matt. xiv. 36.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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