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Colloq picky, nit-picking: She takes a perfectionist attitude
towards everything she does.
perfectly adv. 1 completely, purely, entirely, absolutely, utterly,
totally, wholly, consummately, thoroughly, quite, definitely,
positively, unambiguously, unequivocally, unmistakably or
unmistakeably, explicitly, truly, very, extremely,
extraordinarily, remarkably: Your instructions for finding the
house were perfectly clear. 2 superbly, superlatively,
flawlessly, faultlessly, impeccably, inimitably, incomparably,
sublimely, exquisitely, marvellously, admirably, wonderfully:
Sally plays that Chopin ‚tude perfectly. 3 exactly, precisely,
flawlessly, faultlessly, accurately, literally, line for line,
word for word, verbatim, letter for letter, to the letter,
literatim: He knows the entire Koran perfectly. 4 very, full,
quite, Dialect right, Brit jolly, Slang damned, bloody: You
know perfectly well that I hate cauliflower.
perfidious
adj. treacherous, deceitful, traitorous, treasonous,
treasonable, disloyal, faithless, false, unfaithful, untrue,
insidious, hypocritical, two-faced, Janus-faced, corrupt,
dishonest: His perfidious brother betrayed him to his enemies.
perfidy n. perfidiousness, treachery, deceit, traitorousness, treason,
disloyalty, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, unfaithfulness,
infidelity, insidiousness, hypocrisy, betrayal: The name of
Judas is a byword for perfidy.
perforate v. riddle, puncture, pierce, honeycomb, drill, bore, punch;
enter, penetrate, pass into: A perforated metal screen let
through a pattern of light. The bullet perforated his lung but
he survived.
perform v. 1 execute, complete, bring off or about, accomplish, effect,
carry out, discharge, dispatch, conduct, carry on, do, fulfil,
Colloq pull off, knock off, polish off; put up or shut up:
Postmen perform their duties despite hazards such as vicious
dogs. 2 do, act, behave, operate, function, run, work, go,
respond: How does your new car perform? 3 present, stage,
produce, put on, mount, do; act, depict, take, play, appear as:
The repertory group performs six shows weekly. He is performing
the role of Scrooge.