letter-perfect
Americanadjective
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knowing one's part, lesson, or the like, perfectly.
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precise or exact in every detail; verbatim.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of letter-perfect
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Contestants strive to be letter-perfect in this Tony-winning musical comedy.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2017
Even Mr. Trump is not sure he can be letter-perfect.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2016
Which is perplexing, because “The Americans” is an empirically letter-perfect prestige drama.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2015
And that’s what he did, performing a near letter-perfect cover of Eddie Cochran’s fast-moving mouthful -“Twenty Flight Rock,” to the astonishment of Lennon and his bandmates.
From Time • Jun. 18, 2012
A day went by, and though I had become even letter-perfect in my new rôle I had not the chance to play it to my audience; but it came at last.
From Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine by Gilbert, W. B.
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