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
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Because he learns the scenes word-perfect two weeks before he shoots them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
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
He corrects himself constantly, always going back to edit his speech, adding words such as “high probability“ or “in all likelihood” to be sure his sentences are word-perfect.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 2014
He recited to them, till they were word-perfect, a music-hall ditty of the early ’eighties—Sur le bi, sur le banc, sur le bi du bout du banc, and delighted them with dissertations on Mme.
From The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by Alec Ball
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