perfectly

adv
/ˈpɜː.fɪk(t).li/UK/ˈpɝ.fɪk(t).li/US/ˈpɑɹ.fɪk(t).lɪ/

Etymology

From perfect + -ly.

  1. derived from perfectus
  2. derived from parfit
  3. inherited from perfit
  4. formed as perfectly — “perfect + -ly

Definitions

  1. With perfection.

    • They completed the first series perfectly.
  2. Wholly, completely, totally.

    • Their performance was perfectly fine.
    • The Gentiles would not perfectly relinquish all their Idols; so, they were persuaded to turne the Image of Jupiter with his thunderbolt to Christus crucifixus, and Venus and Cupid to the Madonna and her Babe.
    • 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 neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at perfectly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at perfectly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at perfectly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA