Entirely vs Perfectly - What's the difference?
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To the full or entire extent.
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Wholly, adequately.
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As adverbs the difference between entirely and perfectly
is that entirely is to the full or entire extent while perfectly is with perfection.entirely
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Alternative forms
* entierly (chiefly archaic) * intirely (archaic or nonstandard)Adverb
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Synonyms
* (to the full extent) completely * (to the exclusion of others)Statistics
* English degree adverbsperfectly
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Adverb
(en adverb)- ''They completed the first series perfectly .
- Their performance was perfectly fine.
- Skydiving is jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.
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