Synonyms for perfectly
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adverb
1. Exactly — wholly, completely, totally
exactly, quite, absolutely, completely, fully, properly, totally, precisely, entirely, clean, correctly, accurately, utterly, altogether, wholly, thoroughly, purely, positively, downright, dead, dead-nuts informal, soundly
2. Impeccably
Definitions
- adv. 1
Wholly, completely, totally.
Their performance was perfectly fine.
- adv. 2
With perfection.
They completed the first series perfectly.
Example sentences
- quite It took quite a while to sort out all our luggage.
- exactly This sentence states exactly how the writer feels.
- completely Asked to do her a favor, he completely ignored it.
- absolutely The truth of the matter is kept absolutely secret.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| perfectly | rising | |
| quite | steady | |
| exactly | rising | |
| completely | steady | |
| absolutely | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- dead1
- 5 letters
- quite1, clean1, fully2
- 6 letters
- purely2, wholly2
- 7 letters
- exactly3, totally3, utterly3, soundly2
- 8 letters
- entirely4, properly3
- 9 letters
- precisely3, correctly3, downright2
- 10 letters
- absolutely4, completely3, altogether4, thoroughly3, accurately4, positively4, impeccably4
- 11 letters
- exquisitely4, faultlessly
- 12 letters
- immaculately5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fully2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- parfaitement
- Italiano
- perfettamente
- Deutsch
- bestens