Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Correct to the last detail, especially being in or following the exact words.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Perfect to the letter in committing anything to memory; having a part or a speech thoroughly memorized: used especially of actors.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Exactly
correct , correct in every letter.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words
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Examples
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In between, at the Beacon Theatre, the Fab Faux with a full string and horn sections is performing its letter-perfect re-creation of the Beatles' Halloween-iest set ever, "Magical Mystery Tour," presumably for an audience decked out as walruses and eggmen.
Birthday Wishes, Halloween Dreams Will Friedwald 2011
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Their helmets with their double-chinstrap configuration look letter-perfect -- until a player goes into the game, at which point the chances of his helmet popping off are ... let's just say the odds are not acceptable.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: Football Playing Head Games Michael Conniff 2010
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Their helmets with their double-chinstrap configuration look letter-perfect -- until a player goes into the game, at which point the chances of his helmet popping off are ... let's just say the odds are not acceptable.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: Football Playing Head Games Michael Conniff 2010
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The moment he opened his mouth, I joined the director on stage; we were mesmerized by the intensity and letter-perfect reading which the young actor gave.
Jay Weston: Santa Monica's Broad Stage Offers The Merchant of Venice With an Academy Award-Winning Actor. (No, It's Not Pacino) Jay Weston 2011
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Their helmets with their double-chinstrap configuration look letter-perfect -- until a player goes into the game, at which point the chances of his helmet popping off are ... let's just say the odds are not acceptable.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: Football Playing Head Games Michael Conniff 2010
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Their helmets with their double-chinstrap configuration look letter-perfect -- until a player goes into the game, at which point the chances of his helmet popping off are ... let's just say the odds are not acceptable.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: Football Playing Head Games Michael Conniff 2010
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Their helmets with their double-chinstrap configuration look letter-perfect -- until a player goes into the game, at which point the chances of his helmet popping off are ... let's just say the odds are not acceptable.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: Football Playing Head Games Michael Conniff 2010
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Their helmets with their double-chinstrap configuration look letter-perfect -- until a player goes into the game, at which point the chances of his helmet popping off are ... let's just say the odds are not acceptable.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: Football Playing Head Games Michael Conniff 2010
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The moment he opened his mouth, I joined the director on stage; we were mesmerized by the intensity and letter-perfect reading which the young actor gave.
Jay Weston: Santa Monica's Broad Stage Offers The Merchant of Venice With an Academy Award-Winning Actor. (No, It's Not Pacino) Jay Weston 2011
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MacAskill wrote his sermons on Thursday, awoke before dawn on Sunday to rehearse his delivery, and then strode out to deliver a letter-perfect twenty-minute sermon complete with appropriate pauses for emphasis.
Going Home to Glory David Eisenhower 2010
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