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as in immaculately
without any flaws or errors
you did that handspring perfectly on your first try
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as in completely
to a full extent or degree
you know perfectly well what I'm talking about, so don't pretend that you don't the purchase and sale was a perfectly legal transaction
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Recent Examples of perfectly
In our business, trust means ensuring that the gift arrives perfectly in Manila when promised, that budgets are transparent and controlled and that our platform actually makes gifting effortless, not complicated.
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Archer Chiang, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
The parallels perfectly note that old and new money have key aesthetics.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 29 July 2025
Any buyer willing to front the resources to buy Chrome is not likely to be interested in perfectly copying everything Google has done, and would rather compete on its own terms according to its own business interests.
—Alissa Cooper, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
And while those cocktails usually have rum, how perfectly tiki for a gin cocktail to show up wearing a rum cocktail’s clothes, and to be instantly accepted by the community, and raised as one of their own.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 26 July 2025
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Archer Chiang, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
The parallels perfectly note that old and new money have key aesthetics.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 29 July 2025
Any buyer willing to front the resources to buy Chrome is not likely to be interested in perfectly copying everything Google has done, and would rather compete on its own terms according to its own business interests.
—Alissa Cooper, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
And while those cocktails usually have rum, how perfectly tiki for a gin cocktail to show up wearing a rum cocktail’s clothes, and to be instantly accepted by the community, and raised as one of their own.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perfectly
Adverb
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Once exposed, that kind of information is almost impossible to fully retrieve or erase: disappearing into the vastness of cyberspace.—
Chris Groshong,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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But after seeing Kere could stand on the leg and still had fully functioning toes, Ammann decided to get creative.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
26 July 2025
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Even without Trump’s commentary the decision is still finely balanced given a cut may come at the subsequent meeting.—
Simon Moore,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Traditionally, they are drawn with finely ground rice powder, though chalk or stone powder is often mixed in for durability and cost-saving.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
Adverb
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Biggest question: Can Ben Johnson unlock Swift? Johnson is quite familiar with what Swift does well.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
21 July 2025
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Apparently, everything in the United States of America is operating at amazing and unprecedented levels of pure excellence, because the president has turned his attention to a topic that isn't quite vitally important for the enrichment and well-being of the nation's people: Sports team nicknames.—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
21 July 2025
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Heckerling’s inventive, bespoke Valley Girl lingo is totally peerless.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
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But Californians shouldn’t get too carried away with the idea that Newsom has totally seen the light on housing issues.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
22 July 2025
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Zayn Malik may have found fame in a boy band, but his daughter, Khai, is all about a certain girl group: BLACKPINK.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
28 July 2025
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Talk about what success means: So many young people think success is all about winning, says Dr. Lee.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
28 July 2025
Adverb
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But a new box set, chronicling the creation of Five Leaves Left, offers a glimpse into the real Drake — the living, breathing musician who was incredibly gifted, utterly charming, and ahead of his time.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
21 July 2025
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Wimpy was a mild-mannered, soft-spoken, lazy, parsimonious, and utterly gluttonous hamburger-wolfing straight man to Popeye.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
Adverb
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Organizations that prioritize this foundational investment in their people will be the ones best prepared to meet tomorrow’s sophisticated AI threats head-on and emerge stronger.—
Vishaal Hariprasad,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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But something constructive came from all the attention to the issue as well.—
Caren Zucker,
The Atlantic,
6 July 2025
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An invitation to fight forward against erasure, to integrate my culture and my country together, wholly.—
Natalie Guerrero
July 28,
Literary Hub,
28 July 2025
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It’s been a long, brutal, wildly partisan, and wholly unlikely slog to get here, but Shari Redstone finally gets to preserve her family fortune by selling her patrimony, the media empire laboriously assembled by father Sumner, for about $8.5 billion and goodness knows how much cortisol and angst.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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“Perfectly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perfectly. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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