perfectly
adverb
per·fect·ly
ˈpər-fik(t)-lē 
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Examples of perfectly in a Sentence
The steak was perfectly cooked.
you did that handspring perfectly on your first try
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However, her hair for the Academy Museum Gala was markedly shorter, and perfectly complemented her strapless dress.
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Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024
Filled to the brim with charm and wit, his most successful movie to date, How to Be a Latin Lover, is a modern masterpiece of physical comedy and slapstick, featuring a colorful, lively aesthetic that perfectly reflects the main character’s flamboyant personality and his obsession with materialism.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Rather, to be occasionally alone and free from demands—a part-time art monster, as perfectly undisturbed as Philip Roth in his cabin—is a means of fallowing the land, allowing the soil of eros and care and creativity and motherhood to replenish itself.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
This ensures a perfectly golden bottom and crisp edges, while the inside remains tender.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2024
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Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024
Filled to the brim with charm and wit, his most successful movie to date, How to Be a Latin Lover, is a modern masterpiece of physical comedy and slapstick, featuring a colorful, lively aesthetic that perfectly reflects the main character’s flamboyant personality and his obsession with materialism.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Rather, to be occasionally alone and free from demands—a part-time art monster, as perfectly undisturbed as Philip Roth in his cabin—is a means of fallowing the land, allowing the soil of eros and care and creativity and motherhood to replenish itself.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
This ensures a perfectly golden bottom and crisp edges, while the inside remains tender.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2024
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perfectly
adverb
per·fect·ly
ˈpər-fik-(t)lē
1
: in a perfect manner
understand perfectly
2
: quite sense 1, altogether
I was perfectly willing
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