letter-perfect

adjective

Exactly correct, correct in every letter; word-perfect.

“He was able to write out the speeches of Hamlet, letter perfect. It was impressive to see how exactly he knew the wording.”

Similar
word-perfectcorrectright
Opposite
unscrupulous
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Meanings

adjectiveletter-perfect (not generally comparable, comparative more letter-perfect, superlative most letter-perfect)

comparative more letter-perfect · superlative most letter-perfect · alternative letter perfect

  1. not comparableusuallyExactly correct, correct in every letter; word-perfect.

    He was able to write out the speeches of Hamlet, letter perfect. It was impressive to see how exactly he knew the wording.

    1 more example

    "Can you quote it?" "I know my New Testament pretty well, but I am not letter-perfect."

    1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

    Antonyms: unscrupulous

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveExactly correct, correct in every letter; word-perfect.

Opposite
unscrupulous

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivecorrect to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words

Similar
word-perfectcorrectright
Also see
correctmeticulousminuteparticularpunctiliousrightscrupulousstrictword-perfect

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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