What does Perfectly mean?

Definitions for Perfectly
ˈpɜr fɪkt liper·fect·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  1. perfectlyadverb

    With perfection.

    They completed the first series perfectly.

  2. perfectlyadverb

    Wholly, adequately.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Perfectlyadverb

    Etymology: from perfect.

    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.

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

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  1. Perfectlyadverb

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

Editors Contribution

  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

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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. Tom Hayes:

    I wanted to do my job as perfectly as I could.

  2. Doug Larson:

    A child is a person who can't understand why someone would give away a perfectly good kitten.

  3. Francois Hollande:

    If we don't manage to find not just a compromise but a lasting peace agreement, we know perfectly well what the scenario will be. It has a name, it's called war.

  4. Alanis Morissette:

    I didn't realize the degree of which the malapropism would trigger this furor. I think people are up in arms about the idea of being stupid and I'm perfectly aware that there's a big part of me that's very very dumb and very very brilliant - it depends when you catch me - so I don't personally care but I can see it's a big deal for people.

  5. Jim Salge:

    If people give themselves a nice window in early October in the northern part of New England or mid - to late October in the southern part of New England, they ’ll be perfectly fine — this year or any year.

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Translations for Perfectly

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  • perfectamentCatalan, Valencian
  • durchaus, vollkommen, perfektGerman
  • perfekteEsperanto
  • perfectamenteSpanish
  • täydellisesti, täydellisen, kaikin puolin, täysinFinnish
  • parfaitementFrench
  • perfectamenteGalician
  • perfectDutch
  • perfeitamentePortuguese
  • безупре́чно, отли́чно, абсолю́тно, прекра́сно, соверше́нно, по́лностью, целико́мRussian
  • perfektSwedish
  • бездога́нно, цілкови́то, цілко́м, абсолю́тноUkrainian

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