perfectly

Universal Words adverb 1 completely: It's perfectly normal to feel like this. * It's perfectly good as it is (= it doesn't need changing). * You know perfectly well what I mean. * To be perfectly honest, I didn't want to go anyway. * He stood perfectly still until the danger had passed. * 'Do you understand?' 'Perfectly.' * (old-fashioned) How perfectly awful! * They're perfectly within their rights to ask to see the report. 2 in a perfect way: The TV works perfectly now. * It fits perfectly.