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letter-perfect en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (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

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more letter-perfect Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most letter-perfect Degree=Sup lexicographic
letter perfect alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

unscrupulous

Relateds

to the letter · pitch-perfect · picture-perfect