perfectly
Americanadverb
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in a perfect manner or to a perfect degree.
to sing an aria perfectly.
- Synonyms:
- ideally, superbly, flawlessly
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completely; fully; adequately.
This will suit my purpose perfectly.
He’s perfectly happy to help out.
She’s perfectly capable of making her own decision.
adverb
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completely, utterly, or absolutely
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in a perfect way; extremely well
Etymology
Origin of perfectly
First recorded in 1275–1325; perfect + -ly; replacing Middle English parfitly, derivative of parfit ( perfect )
Example Sentences
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CMP is a critical process using chemical slurries and mechanical polishing to create perfectly flat, smooth wafer surfaces.
“Is This Thing On?” is that rarity: a perfectly worthy dramedy that sometimes feels off because it’s trying to cram two good movies into one.
From Los Angeles Times
To my mind, any entertainment involving global conflicts—boiled down to the action-oriented essentials, with muscled brothers in arms and impenetrable dialogue delivered largely in acronyms—is perfectly suited to these dark, divided times.
The result is encouraging, he added, because it suggests that meaningful reductions in bias are possible even without perfectly balanced or fully representative training datasets.
From Science Daily
She had friends on the next street over, which was now perfectly visible without houses blocking the sight line.
From Los Angeles Times
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