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[ adverb ] completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
Synonyms Examples "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" Used in print ("Editorials"...)Thus , when the Russians sent up their first sputnik , American chagrin was human enough , and American determination to put American satellites into orbit was perfectly understandable . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)It is , moreover , a perfectly integrated ensemble effort . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)The music which La^utner has composed for this episode is for_the_most_part `` rather pretty and perfectly banal '' . In a certain perfectly definite way , the method and the theme of his stories are one_and_the_same . (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)They could have been perfectly happy here for ten whole days . |
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[ adverb ] in a perfect or faultless way
Examples "She performed perfectly on the balance beam" "spoke English perfectly" "solved the problem perfectly" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)Why it was ever forgotten for even a moment I cannot say because it works perfectly for everyone , no_matter whether he has short or long thigh-bone lengths ! (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)Jefferson_Lawrence was alone at the small , perfectly appointed table by the window looking_out_over the river . Related terms |
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