PERFECTLYとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From perfect +‎ -ly.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpɜː.fɪk(t).li/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈpɝ.fɪk(t).li/
• (Appalachians, obsolete) IPA: /ˈpɑɹfɪk(t)lɪ/

副詞

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.

   • 1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 6:

     The Gentiles would not perfectly relinquish all their Idols; so, they were persuaded to turne the Image of Jupiter with his thunderbolt to Christus crucifixus, and Venus and Cupid to the Madonna and her Babe.

   • 1899, Knut Hamsun, “Part III”, in George Egerton [pseudonym; Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright], transl., Hunger […], London: Leonard Smithers and Co […], →OCLC, page 168:

     I was perfectly stunned. I sat and moistened my lips a little, but otherwise made no effort to do anything: my chest was in a pitiful state.

   • 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 [Darren] Bent and [Frank] Lampard the opportunist was perfectly placed to stoop and head in from virtually on the goal-line.

   • 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:

     The route taken does not have to be a perfectly straight line, just so long as it is linear and is followed consistently for each transect taken.

派生語

Collocations

Some adjectives commonly collocating with perfectly:

• perfectly willing
• perfectly safe
• perfectly well
• perfectly healthy
• perfectly obvious
• perfectly able
• perfectly capable
• perfectly clear
• perfectly normal
• perfectly understandable

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