letter-perfect

See also: letter perfect

English

Alternative forms

• letter perfect

Adjective

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

1. Exactly correct, correct in every letter.

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

   • 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:

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

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:meticulous

Antonyms

• unscrupulous

See also

• picture-perfect
• pitch-perfect