"perfectly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈpɜːfɪk(t)li/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɝfɪk(t)li/ [General-American], /ˈpɑɹfɪk(t)lɪ/ (note: Appalachians, obsolete) Audio: en-us-perfectly.ogg Forms: more perfectly [comparative], most perfectly [superlative]
Etymology: From perfect + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|perfect|ly}} perfect + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} perfectly (comparative more perfectly, superlative most perfectly)
  1. With perfection. Translations (with perfection): εἰς ὄνυχα (eis ónukha) (Ancient Greek), بِإِتْقَان (biʔitqān) (Arabic), تَمَامًا (tamāman) (Arabic), выда́тна (vydátna) (Belarusian), бездако́рна (bjezdakórna) (Belarusian), отли́чно (otlíčno) (Bulgarian), perfectament (Catalan), dokonale (Czech), perfect (Dutch), perfekte (Esperanto), täydellisesti (Finnish), parfaitement (French), perfectamente (Galician), perfekt (German), einwandfrei (German), τέλεια (téleia) (Greek), perfettamente (Italian), propriamente (Italian), perfectē (Latin), ad unguem (Latin), perfekt (Norwegian), doskonale (Polish), perfeitamente (Portuguese), отли́чно (otlíčno) (Russian), прекра́сно (prekrásno) (Russian), безупре́чно (bezupréčno) (Russian), в соверше́нстве (v soveršénstve) (Russian), безукори́зненно (bezukoríznenno) (Russian), dokonale (Slovak), perfectamente (Spanish), perfekt (Swedish), бездога́нно (bezdohánno) (Ukrainian), відмі́нно (vidmínno) (Ukrainian)
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  2. Wholly, completely, totally. Translations (wholly, completely): съвърше́но (sǎvǎršéno) (Bulgarian), täysin (Finnish), täydellisen (Finnish), kaikin puolin (Finnish), vollkommen (German), durchaus (German), totalmente (Italian), perfeitamente (Portuguese), соверше́нно (soveršénno) (Russian), по́лностью (pólnostʹju) (Russian), целико́м (celikóm) (Russian), абсолю́тно (absoljútno) (Russian), perfectamente (Spanish), цілко́м (cilkóm) (Ukrainian), цілкови́то (cilkovýto) (Ukrainian), абсолю́тно (absoljútno) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-perfectly-en-adv-agNWKdM7 Disambiguation of 'wholly, completely': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: perfightly, perfightlie [obsolete] Derived forms: perfectly elastic supply, perfectly inelastic supply, pitch-perfectly

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 6:",
          "text": "The Gentiles would not perfectly relinquish all their Idols; so, they were persuaded to turne the Image of Jupiter with his thunderbolt to Christus crucifixus, and Venus and Cupid to the Madonna and her Babe.",
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          "ref": "1899, Knut Hamsun, “Part III”, in George Egerton [pseudonym; Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright], transl., Hunger […], London: Leonard Smithers and Co […], →OCLC, page 168:",
          "text": "I was perfectly stunned. I sat and moistened my lips a little, but otherwise made no effort to do anything: my chest was in a pitiful state.",
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          "text": "James Milner's angled free-kick was headed on to the post by the tireless [Darren] Bent and [Frank] Lampard the opportunist was perfectly placed to stoop and head in from virtually on the goal-line.",
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          "ref": "2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:",
          "text": "The route taken does not have to be a perfectly straight line, just so long as it is linear and is followed consistently for each transect taken.",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "perfectly elastic supply"
    },
    {
      "word": "perfectly inelastic supply"
    },
    {
      "word": "pitch-perfectly"
    }
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From perfect + -ly.",
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    {
      "form": "more perfectly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "most perfectly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "text": "They completed the first series perfectly.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "With perfection."
      ],
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          "perfection"
        ]
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "text": "Their performance was perfectly fine.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Skydiving is the act jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 6:",
          "text": "The Gentiles would not perfectly relinquish all their Idols; so, they were persuaded to turne the Image of Jupiter with his thunderbolt to Christus crucifixus, and Venus and Cupid to the Madonna and her Babe.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1899, Knut Hamsun, “Part III”, in George Egerton [pseudonym; Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright], transl., Hunger […], London: Leonard Smithers and Co […], →OCLC, page 168:",
          "text": "I was perfectly stunned. I sat and moistened my lips a little, but otherwise made no effort to do anything: my chest was in a pitiful state.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1 – 0 Spain”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "James Milner's angled free-kick was headed on to the post by the tireless [Darren] Bent and [Frank] Lampard the opportunist was perfectly placed to stoop and head in from virtually on the goal-line.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:",
          "text": "The route taken does not have to be a perfectly straight line, just so long as it is linear and is followed consistently for each transect taken.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "Wholly, completely, totally."
      ],
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          "Wholly",
          "wholly"
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          "completely",
          "completely"
        ],
        [
          "totally",
          "totally"
        ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɜːfɪk(t)li/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɝfɪk(t)li/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɑɹfɪk(t)lɪ/",
      "note": "Appalachians, obsolete"
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    {
      "word": "perfightly"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "perfightlie"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "biʔitqān",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "بِإِتْقَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tamāman",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "تَمَامًا"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vydátna",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "выда́тна"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bjezdakórna",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "бездако́рна"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otlíčno",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "отли́чно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "perfectament"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "dokonale"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "perfect"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "perfekte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "täydellisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "parfaitement"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "perfectamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "perfekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "einwandfrei"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "téleia",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "τέλεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "eis ónukha",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "εἰς ὄνυχα"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "perfettamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "propriamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "perfectē"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "ad unguem"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "perfekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "doskonale"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "perfeitamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otlíčno",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "отли́чно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prekrásno",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "прекра́сно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezupréčno",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "безупре́чно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v soveršénstve",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "в соверше́нстве"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezukoríznenno",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "безукори́зненно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "dokonale"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "perfectamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "perfekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezdohánno",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "бездога́нно"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidmínno",
      "sense": "with perfection",
      "word": "відмі́нно"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎvǎršéno",
      "sense": "wholly, completely",
      "word": "съвърше́но"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wholly, completely",
      "word": "täysin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wholly, completely",
      "word": "täydellisen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wholly, completely",
      "word": "kaikin puolin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "wholly, completely",
      "word": "vollkommen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "wholly, completely",
      "word": "durchaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "wholly, completely",
      "word": "totalmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "wholly, completely",
      "word": "perfeitamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soveršénno",
      "sense": "wholly, completely",
      "word": "соверше́нно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pólnostʹju",
      "sense": "wholly, completely",
      "word": "по́лностью"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "celikóm",
      "sense": "wholly, completely",
      "word": "целико́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "absoljútno",
      "sense": "wholly, completely",
      "word": "абсолю́тно"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wholly, completely",
      "word": "perfectamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "cilkóm",
      "sense": "wholly, completely",
      "word": "цілко́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "cilkovýto",
      "sense": "wholly, completely",
      "word": "цілкови́то"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "absoljútno",
      "sense": "wholly, completely",
      "word": "абсолю́тно"
    }
  ],
  "word": "perfectly"
}

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