letter-perfect
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5.8
- adjective
- /ˈlɛtərˌpɜrfɪkt/
:
perfecto
- The speaker delivered the speech in a letter-perfect manner, memorizing every word exactly.
Examples
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When he was nearly letter-perfect, she warmed some soup and laid out mountain ham and bread.
Fiction book (1993) -
Neither so much as moved, their performance was letter perfect.
Fiction book (1992) -
After a mistake, he was showing us he was letter-perfect again.
Fiction book (1995) -
I mean he was letter-perfect in the spring when he was fresh.
Blog text (7) -
The pianist, damn her, was brilliant; the technique was letter-perfect.
Fiction book (1997) -
She has been letter-perfect in the execution of G.W. Bush's orders.
Blog text (22) -
Her performance was letter-perfect, replicating the choreography flawlessly as the choreographer intended.
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For the play to succeed, the actors need to remember their lines letter-perfect.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
As good as possible and without any mistakes
901
3.2
Completely correct in every small detail
680
3.0
Exactly correct in every detail
286
3.6
Exactly correct and clear about small details
261
1.0
Exactly aimed and hitting the intended point
76
3.7
Perfect without any mistakes or faults
42
4.4
Exactly right about a fact or idea
31
6.0
Exactly right in what someone says or does
3
6.0
Exactly right in tone or performance
Able to say the exact words from memory without mistakes
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Etymology
Letter-perfect comes from the idea of doing something 'to the letter', meaning following each written letter exactly. So if something is letter-perfect, it is correct in every detail, like copying a text word for word.