to the letter
Definition
› If you obey instructions or rules to the letter, you do exactly what you have been told to do, giving great attention to every detail: I followed the instructions to the letter and it still went wrong.Accurate and exact
(Definition of to the letter from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accuracy noun
- accurate adjective
- aright adverb
- authoritative adjective
- bang adverb
- be bang on idiom
- exact adjective
- exactly adverb
- flat adverb (COMPLETELY)
- infallible adjective
- infallibly adverb
- letter-perfect adjective
- literal adjective
- on the nose idiom
- strictly speaking idiom
- technically adverb
- to the day idiom
- truly adverb (EXACTLY)
- unerring adjective
- verbatim adverb
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