Definitions for Perfectly
ˈpɜr fɪkt liper·fect·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. absolutely, perfectly, utterly, deadadverb

   completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

   "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right"

2. perfectlyadverb

   in a perfect or faultless way

   "She performed perfectly on the balance beam"; "spoke English perfectly"; "solved the problem perfectly"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. perfectlyadverb

   With perfection.

   They completed the first series perfectly.

2. perfectlyadverb

   Wholly, adequately.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Perfectlyadverb

   Etymology: from perfect.

   1. In the highest degree of excellence.2. Totally; completely.

   Chawing little sponges dipt in oil, when perfectly under water, he could longer support the want of respiration. Boyle.

   Words recal to our thoughts those ideas only which they have been wont to be signs of, but cannot introduce any perfectly new and unknown simple ideas. John Locke.

   3. Exactly; accurately.

   We know bodies and their properties most perfectly. John Locke.

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1. perfectly

   Perfectly means in a manner or way that could not be better; completely or absolutely; in a perfect manner or to perfection. It can also correspond to doing something without any flaws or mistakes.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Perfectlyadverb

   in a perfect manner or degree; in or to perfection; completely; wholly; throughly; faultlessly

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1. perfectlyadverb

   In a perfect manner.

   They married perfectly on the day they both chose together and had a calm amount of time to arrange and plan it together.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 12, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Perfectly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2398

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Perfectly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1958

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Perfectly' in Adverbs Frequency: #188

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for Perfectly »

1. prefectly

How to pronounce Perfectly?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say Perfectly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Perfectly in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Perfectly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Perfectly in a Sentence

1. Karolina Rzadkowolska:

   Alcohol tricks our brain into thinking it's highly pleasurable, but there's a whole world of passions and new activities you could discover when you start exploring new ways of having fun, it's perfectly okay to socialize or decompress with a drink, just change the drink. There are thousands of options these days.

2. Julia Reda:

   Algorithms can not distinguish between actual copyright infringements and the perfectly legal re-use of content for purposes such as parody.

3. Jennifer Benka:

   Poems are comprised of everyday material expertly arranged in ways that require a reader's time and reflection, but the reward is great: a memorable insight into our humanity, a line that perfectly encapsulates a moment or a truth we want to remember, an experience with language that provokes new ideas and deeper understanding.

4. Mark Zuckerberg:

   This fully realized vision is still a ways off, and although the direction is clear, our path ahead is not yet perfectly defined.

5. Pete Buttigieg:

   If [ President Donald Trump ] is saying the system is rigged — and the way he's saying it is twisted and not really true, but there's a kernel of truth in there — and we look like we're the ones saying,' oh no, the system is perfectly fine,' then we've got a problem, the problem is normal wasn't working for a lot of people.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Perfectly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Perfectly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Perfectly
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Perfectly
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Perfectly