in a perfect manner or to a perfect degree: to sing an aria perfectly.
completely; fully; adequately: This will suit my purpose perfectly.He’s perfectly happy to help out.She’s perfectly capable of making her own decision.
Origin of perfectly
1275–1325; perfect + -ly; replacing Middle English parfitly, derivative of parfit (see perfect)
While some of Apple’s actions appear to benefit publishers—like ITP that’s meant to increase the value of publishers’ first-party data — they still require a whole slew of other things to go perfectly so that publishers can gain some advantage.
Publishers could soon have more leverage to force Apple to relax its ‘my way or the highway’ approach|Lara O'Reilly|August 25, 2020|Digiday
For example, in a handstand, the athlete’s arms should be perfectly straight.
A robot referee can really keep its ‘eye’ on the ball|Kathryn Hulick|August 20, 2020|Science News For Students
The donation was perfectly legal but violates a norm against government professionals weighing in on the races that determine their boards or overseers.
Politics Report: Who Will Get the Midway Rose?|Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts|August 15, 2020|Voice of San Diego
“They got the memo that they didn’t get everything perfectly right out of the gate,” said a second producer.
‘They got the memo’: Quibi changes tone, tact after failed debut|Tim Peterson|August 12, 2020|Digiday
That’s because the hare would then travel a distance that was 25 percent longer over the same amount of time, perfectly balancing the fact that the hare traveled 25 percent faster.
Are You A Pinball Wizard?|Zach Wissner-Gross|July 24, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Houellebecq shows himself to be perfectly disgusted with humanity.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Sometimes the ads would get in the way of playing, and a perfectly lined up shot would be ruined.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Leave it to Katniss to cut through a story with one perfectly aimed strike.
Jennifer Lawrence’s Righteous Fury Says Everything We Wanted to Say|Kevin O’Keeffe|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The real reason Mister Ham was taking bids was, to be perfectly blunt, because he needed the money.
The Stacks: Sell the Overcoat, Keep the Dignity|Paul Hemphill|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A cynic might say that the report is like the movie Clue, perfectly set up for a multiplicity of endings.
New York’s Conservative Fracking Ban|Jay Michaelson|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They were all the world to each other, and she was perfectly devoted to him.
Marion Berkley|Elizabeth B. Comins
"You must have had practice, you took that so perfectly," said Elnora.
A Girl Of The Limberlost|Gene Stratton Porter
By properly boiling the liquid and filtering it, you can obtain from it a perfectly transparent beef-tea.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2|John Tyndall
From that time she was perfectly calm and quiet, and remained so the whole time she was in the hospital.
Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia|M. E. Hume-Griffith
The sight is perfectly dazzling; the plain, as far as the eye can reach, extending in the same bespangled carpet of red and green.