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purrfectly

purrfectly adverb: perfectly, in contexts relating to cats. Also the pronunciation spelling of perfectly.

Adverb

purrfectly (comparative more purrfectly, superlative most purrfectly)

  1. (colloquial, humorous) Perfectly, in contexts relating to cats.
    • Hello Kitty Hello Everything! Abrams Purrfectly pretty collectibles2005, “Action/Adventure”, in Books for the Teen Age 2005, 76th edition, New York, N.Y.: New York Public Library, →ISBN, page 36, column 3
    • There was a purrfectly good bowl of food back at the house.2007, Tim Steffen, Susan Ann Thornton, “Into the Woods”, in Saving Faith: The Adventures of Baby Cat in Cherry Grove, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 29

Also used as

purrfectly is also the pronunciation spelling of perfectly.

Forms of purrfectly

comparativemore purrfectly
superlativemost purrfectly

Origin of purrfectly

From perfectly with the first syllable altered to purr. Compare purrfect.

Questions about purrfectly

What does purrfectly mean?
Purrfectly means perfectly, in contexts relating to cats.
What part of speech is purrfectly?
Purrfectly is an adverb.

Words near purrfectly in the dictionary

  1. purrels
  2. purrer
  3. purrers
  4. purres
  5. purrfect
  6. purrfectly
  7. purrful
  8. purrier
  9. purriest
  10. purring
  11. purringly

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