letter-perfect

[ let-er-pur-fikt ]

adjective

1. knowing one's part, lesson, or the like, perfectly.
2. precise or exact in every detail; verbatim.

letter-perfect

adjective

1. See word-perfect
   another term (esp in the US) for word-perfect

Word History and Origins

Origin of letter-perfect¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Bobby was 159 letter-perfect in her part, if she did have a damaged wing, as she said.

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So letter-perfect was he in his lines that a layman might have scouted his realization of the enormousness of his responsibility.

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I was soon master of the part; and, at the end of the next day's rehearsal, I was found to be "dead letter perfect."

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He was a brighter pup than his looks would have indicated, and had already become letter perfect in the wail.

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It might be a good thing to have every person "letter perfect," that is, know all his speeches, at the first rehearsal.

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