perfectly

perfect +‎ -ly

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜːfɪktli/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɝfɪktli/

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perfectly (comparative more perfectly, superlative most perfectly)

1. With perfection.

   They completed the first series perfectly.

2. Wholly, completely, totally.

   Their performance was perfectly fine.

   Skydiving is jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.

   • 1899, Knut Hamsun, Hunger, translated by George Egerton, Part III, page 168

     I was perfectly stunned. I sat and moistened my lips a little, but otherwise made no effort to do anything: […]

   • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport‎:

     James Milner's angled free-kick was headed on to the post by the tireless Bent and Lampard the opportunist was perfectly placed to stoop and head in from virtually on the goal-line.