{
    "term": "perfectly",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "completely",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's perfectly normal to feel like this."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's perfectly good as it is *(= it doesn't need changing)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I thought he'd be upset, but he seems perfectly fine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You **know perfectly well** what I mean."
                },
                {
                    "text": "To be **perfectly honest**, I didn't want to go anyway."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He stood perfectly still until the danger had passed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Do you understand?’ ‘Perfectly.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How perfectly awful!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They’re perfectly within their rights to ask to see the report."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is perfectly suited to the role."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sparkling wine is a perfectly acceptable alternative to champagne."
                },
                {
                    "text": "To be perfectly honest I don't like the colour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had to stand perfectly still."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You know perfectly well I can't help you."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "in a perfect way",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The TV works perfectly now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This dress **fits perfectly**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His suit fitted perfectly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The kids behaved perfectly throughout the evening."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːfɪktli/",
                "audio": "pe/perfectly/perfectly__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːrfɪktli/",
                "audio": "pe/perfectly/perfectly__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}
