perfectly
//ˈpɜː.fɪk(t).li//
Forms
- Comparative
- more perfectly
- Superlative
- most perfectly
Definitions
1.With perfection.
- They completed the first series perfectly.
2.Wholly, completely, totally.
- Their performance was perfectly fine.
- 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.
- 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.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2256
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
Etymology tree
English perfect
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English perfectly
From perfect + -ly.