perfectly

English

Etymology

perfect +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɜːfɪktli/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈpɝfɪktli/

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Adverb

perfectly (comparative more perfectly, superlative most perfectly)

1. With perfection.

   They completed the first series perfectly.

2. Wholly, adequately.

   Their performance was perfectly fine.

   Skydiving is jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.

   • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, BBC Sport:

     James Milner's angled free-kick was headed on to the post by the tireless Bent and Lampard the opportunist was perfectly placed to stoop and head in from virtually on the goal-line.

Translations

with perfection

• Catalan: perfectament (ca)
• Dutch: perfect (nl)
• Esperanto: perfekte (eo)
• Finnish: täydellisesti (fi)
• Galician: perfectamente (gl)

• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: perfeitamente (pt)
• Spanish: perfectamente (es)
• Swedish: perfekt (sv)
• Ukrainian: бездоганно (uk) (bezdohánno)

wholly

• Finnish: täysin (fi), täydellisen (fi), kaikin puolin (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: perfeitamente (pt)

• Spanish: perfectamente (es)
• Ukrainian: цілком (uk) (cilkóm), цілковито (uk) (cilkovýto), абсолютно (uk) (absoljútno)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: I'd · fifty · trust · #849: perfectly · fixed · leaves · chair