perfectly
/ˈpəːfɪk(t)li
/adverb
1In a manner or way that could not be better: the ring fitted perfectly [as submodifier]: perfectly clean glass bottles...
- She picked up and started scrubbing what appeared to be an already perfectly clean glass bowl.
- You fall in love and the guy is wonderful and everything works perfectly first time.
- The reality is far from that and I wondered why because to us it seems perfectly normal.
Synonyms
superbly, superlatively, excellently, flawlessly, faultlessly, to perfection, without fault, ideally, wonderfully, marvellously, magnificently, sublimely, admirably, inimitably, incomparably, impeccably, immaculately, exquisitely, consummately;
North American to a fare-thee-well
informal like a dream, to a T, terrifically, fantastically
absolutely, utterly, completely, altogether, entirely, wholly, totally, thoroughly, fully, quite, in every respect
1.1 [as submodifier] Used for emphasis, especially in order to assert something that has been challenged or doubted: you know perfectly well I can’t stay...
- I would like to make it perfectly clear right now that I did not vote for these guys.
- What is perfectly clear is that the entire venture has been daring from the outset.
- It is perfectly clear that at no time did the claimant hold any such appointment as a member of any such body.
Synonyms
very, quite, full
informal damn, damned
British informal jolly, bloody
North American informal darned
archaic or Northern English right
- phantasmagorian
- phantasmagoric
- phantasmagorical
- phantasmagorically
- phantasmagorist
- phantasmagory
- phantasmal
- phantasmality
- phantasmally
- phantasmascope
- phantasmatic
- before and after
- before Christ
- before-going
- beforehand
- before-life
- beforeness
- before one can (or has time to) draw breath
- before one can say Jack Robinson
- before one knows where one is (or before one knows it)
- before (or after) the fact
- before (or in front of or under) one's (very) eyes
- before (or since) the rinderpest
- beforesaid
- before-tax