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Perfectly vs Greatly - What's the difference?

perfectly | greatly |

As adverbs the difference between perfectly and greatly

is that perfectly is with perfection while greatly is (archaic) nobly; magnanimously.

perfectly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • With perfection.
  • ''They completed the first series perfectly .
  • Wholly, adequately.
  • Their performance was perfectly fine.
    Skydiving is jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=November 12 , author= , title=International friendly: England 1-0 Spain , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=James Milner's angled free-kick was headed on to the post by the tireless Bent and Lampard the opportunist was perfectly placed to stoop and head in from virtually on the goal-line.}}

    greatly

    English

    Adverb

    (en-adv)
  • (archaic) Nobly; magnanimously.
  • To a great extent or degree.
  • *, chapter=12
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
  • , title= Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal , passage=Terry's goal looked to have put Chelsea in control on the stroke of half-time but Arsenal's response presented a compelling case for Wenger's insistence that reports of his side's demise have been greatly exaggerated.}}