perfectly

Words with a similar base: perfectly

'perfectly'

[absolutely.r.01] as in: completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

Examples:
an absolutely magnificent painting
a perfectly idiotic idea
you're perfectly right
utterly miserable
you can be dead sure of my innocence
was dead tired
dead right

'perfectly'

[perfectly.r.02] as in: in a perfect or faultless way

Examples:
She performed perfectly on the balance beam
spoke English perfectly
solved the problem perfectly

Origins

					perfectly (English)
├── -ly (English)
│   ├── -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -ly (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── perfect (English)
    └── perfit (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── parfit (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
            └── perfectus (Latin)

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