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letter-perfect

[ let-er-pur-fikt ]

adjective

  1. knowing one's part, lesson, or the like, perfectly.
  2. precise or exact in every detail; verbatim.


letter-perfect

adjective

  1. another term (esp in the US) for word-perfect
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of letter-perfect1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

Bobby was 159 letter-perfect in her part, if she did have a damaged wing, as she said.

So letter-perfect was he in his lines that a layman might have scouted his realization of the enormousness of his responsibility.

I was soon master of the part; and, at the end of the next day's rehearsal, I was found to be "dead letter perfect."

He was a brighter pup than his looks would have indicated, and had already become letter perfect in the wail.

It might be a good thing to have every person "letter perfect," that is, know all his speeches, at the first rehearsal.

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