adv ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adverb

1. 1
   With perfection.

   "They completed the first series perfectly."

2. 2
   Wholly, completely, totally.

   "Their performance was perfectly fine."

Adverb

1. 1
   completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers wordnet
2. 2
   in a perfect or faultless way wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

a outranceabsolutelyabsolutelyaccuratelyadmirablyall ends up

Antonyms

All antonyms

partlyimperfectly

Example

More examples

"I understand your position perfectly."

Etymology

From perfect + -ly.

Related phrases

perfectly elastic supplyperfectly inelastic supplypitch-perfectly

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