word-perfect
Britishadjective
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correct in every detail
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(of a speech, part in a play, etc) memorized perfectly
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(of a speaker, actor, etc) knowing one's speech, role, etc, perfectly
Example Sentences
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I tried not to focus on how his story was nearly word-perfect to the one I heard him give the woman before me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
Everything is meticulously crafted, and they expect the performances to be word-perfect and they're right.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2023
Kellaway, the Maidenhead councillor, recalled her delivering a word-perfect repeat of a rap performed for her by school children.
From Reuters ● Jul. 11, 2018
Singers have been dispatched around the nation-to-be to ensure citizens will be word-perfect by 9 June.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2011
The older children learn the words of their songs, but not to a word-perfect stage, because words and music suggest each other.
From The Child under Eight by E. R. (Elsie Riach) Murray
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