perfectly
/ˈpɜːfɪktli/ adverbDefinition
TO EMPHASIZE › used to emphasize the word that follows it: To be perfectly honest, I don't care any more. I made it perfectly clear to him what I meant.
VERY WELL › in a perfect way: The jacket fits perfectly, the skirt not so well.
(Definition of perfectly adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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