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picture-perfect

picture-perfect adjective: perfect in appearance as with the subjects in paintings or photographs, without the common imperfections of real life.

Adjective

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

  1. (idiomatic, not comparable, usually) Perfect in appearance as with the subjects in paintings or photographs, without the common imperfections of real life.
    • With Swift, Spice, Lively and Avignone hugging each other, it was a picture-perfect visual summery^([sic]) of Swift’s brand: manufactured empowerment, a celebration of pop feminist girl power.2024 February 12, Alaina Demopoulos, “Romcom ending: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s big night at the Super Bowl”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of picture-perfect

comparativemore picture-perfect
superlativemost picture-perfect
alternative formpicture perfect

Questions about picture-perfect

What does picture-perfect mean?
Picture-perfect means perfect in appearance as with the subjects in paintings or photographs, without the common imperfections of real life.
What part of speech is picture-perfect?
Picture-perfect is an adjective.

Words near picture-perfect in the dictionary

  1. picture white
  2. picture whites
  3. picture window
  4. picture windows
  5. picture-in-picture
  6. picture-perfect
  7. picture-postcardish
  8. picture-railed
  9. picture-skew
  10. picture-winged flies
  11. picture-winged fly

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