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letter-perfect en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable, usually) Exactly correct, correct in every letter; word-perfect.
He was able to write out the speeches of Hamlet, letter perfect. It was impressive to see how exactly he knew the wording.
"Can you quote it?" "I know my New Testament pretty well, but I am not letter-perfect."
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
Forms
Antonyms
unscrupulous
Relateds
to the letter · pitch-perfect · picture-perfect