"purrfectly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Forms: more purrfectly [comparative], most purrfectly [superlative]
Etymology: From perfectly with the first syllable altered to purr. Compare purrfect. Head templates: {{en-adv}} purrfectly (comparative more purrfectly, superlative most purrfectly)
  1. (colloquial, humorous) Perfectly, in contexts relating to cats. Tags: colloquial, humorous Categories (lifeform): Cats
    Sense id: en-purrfectly-en-adv-1AeaDiPs Disambiguation of Cats: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb [English]

Forms: more purrfectly [comparative], most purrfectly [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adv}} purrfectly (comparative more purrfectly, superlative most purrfectly)
  1. Pronunciation spelling of perfectly. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: perfectly Categories (lifeform): Cats
    Sense id: en-purrfectly-en-adv-4M5rgHdW Disambiguation of Cats: 46 54 Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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