perfectly
/ˈpɝ.fɪk(t).li/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
With perfection.
adv
Example Sentences
- "They completed the first series perfectly."
- "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."
- "James Milner's angled free-kick was headed on to the post by the tireless [Darren] Bent and [Frank] Lampard the opportunist was perfectly placed to stoop and head in from virtually on the goal-line."
- "The route taken does not have to be a perfectly straight line, just so long as it is linear and is followed consistently for each transect taken."
Etymology
Etymology tree English perfect Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English perfectly From perfect + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɝ.fɪk(t).li/
- British English: /ˈpɜː.fɪk(t).li/
Inflected Forms
more perfectly (comparative)
most perfectly (superlative)
perfightly (alternative, obsolete)
perfightlie (alternative, obsolete)