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perfectly

/ˈpɝ.fɪk(t).li/ adverb A2
  1. With perfection. · They completed the first series perfectly.
  2. Wholly, completely, totally. · Their performance was perfectly fine.
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Alice remained looking thoughtfully at the mushroom for a minute, trying to make out which were the two sides of it; and as it was perfectly round, she found this a very difficult question.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 35 · B2
“Oh, there’s no use in talking to him,” said Alice desperately: “he’s perfectly idiotic!” And she opened the door and went in.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 41 · B2
Her listeners were perfectly quiet till she got to the part about her repeating “_You are old, Father William_,” to the Caterpillar, and the words all coming different, and then the Mock Turtle drew a long breath, and said “That’s very curious.”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 80 · B2
The answer was a perfectly indescribable hiss, and Mowgli kicked up his feet behind, clapped his hands together to applaud himself, and jumped on to Bagheera’s back, where he sat sideways, drumming with his heels on the glossy skin and making the worst faces he could think of at Baloo.
The Jungle Book, p. 32 · B2

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