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US
/ˈpɝfəkɫi, ˈpɝfəktɫi/
]
[ UK /pˈɜːfɛktlˌi/ ]
[ UK /pˈɜːfɛktlˌi/ ]
ADVERB
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in a perfect or faultless way
She performed perfectly on the balance beam
spoke English perfectly
solved the problem perfectly -
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
an absolutely magnificent painting
a perfectly idiotic idea
was dead tired
you're perfectly right
you can be dead sure of my innocence
dead right
utterly miserable
How To Use perfectly In A Sentence
- Beard is rather dismissive of their optical sophistication, shown in the curvature of the stylobate and in the entasis of the columns — the slight outward swelling of a column designed to counter the optical illusion of concavity, were the columns 'sides to be perfectly straight. Looking for the Lost Greeks
- I'm still feeling a bit cranially sprained, mind you, but the cat seems perfectly happy to be spending a snow day on the couch with me, watching S3 of Mission: Impossible. The Snowpocalypse Continues
- Tennis or no tennis, we thought it was a perfectly enjoyable playdate. Times, Sunday Times
- Adele brushes her perfectly manicured fingertips atop the cold, smooth metal of the letter opener.
- Tom Tedder's tragedy was that he had a perfectly accurate estimate of his own talents as an artist.
- Have you failed to hear a word he's said since he swept you off your perfectly pedicured feet and into the nearest watering hole?
- Largely he was happy in his perfectly toned sepia world. Times, Sunday Times
- It's unavoidable, understandable, and perfectly forgivable under the circumstances.
- While it's no surprise that this script is based on Nelson's own play, given the perfectly measured arguments, the film is never short on cinematic virtues.
- Funny and moving, this book will sit perfectly in any footie lover's stocking. The Sun