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letter-perfect
[ let-er-pur-fikt ]
adjective
- knowing one's part, lesson, or the like, perfectly.
- precise or exact in every detail; verbatim.
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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.
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So letter-perfect was he in his lines that a layman might have scouted his realization of the enormousness of his responsibility.
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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."
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He was a brighter pup than his looks would have indicated, and had already become letter perfect in the wail.
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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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