letter perfect
Without any errors
Letter perfect means exact in every detail, with no errors whatsoever.
The term comes from theatrical usage, where an actor who is letter perfect has memorized every word of the script precisely: She was letter perfect by opening night.
The phrase extends to any flawless execution: The proposal was letter perfect.
Perfectly correct, no deviation
- preciseExactly correct, no error
- correctFree from error
- verbatimIn identical wording
- word-for-wordExactly as stated
flawless · error-free · faultless · unerring · spot-on · faithful · true · accurate
Prepared by repetition
- drilledPierced or rehearsed repeatedly
- practicedSkilled from repeated effort
- committedFirmly pledged or bound
- recitationOral delivery from memory
rote · scripted · lines · cue · prompt · blocking · run-through · delivery
Extremely careful and thorough
- scrupulousThorough and principled
- fastidiousExcessively attentive to detail
- punctiliousExcessively careful about details
- thoroughComplete in every detail
careful · conscientious · diligent · exacting · rigorous · methodical · systematic · particular
exact
Perfectly correct, no deviation
word-for-word · flawless · error-free · faultless · unerring · spot-on · faithful · true · accurate · right
rehearsed
Prepared by repetition
- drilledPierced or rehearsed repeatedly
- practicedSkilled from repeated effort
- committedFirmly pledged or bound
recitation · rote · scripted · lines · cue · prompt · blocking · run-through · delivery · performance
painstaking
Extremely careful and thorough
- scrupulousThorough and principled
- fastidiousExcessively attentive to detail
- punctiliousExcessively careful about details
thorough · careful · conscientious · diligent · exacting · rigorous · methodical · systematic · particular · attentive
- accuracyaccurate, precise, exact, correct, right
- Precision phraseson the mark, on target, spot on, dead on, bulls-eye
- perfectionflawless, faultless, impeccable, flawlessness, immaculate
- fussinessfussiness, pickiness, picky, nitpicky, persnickety
letter perfectflawed
Having faults or imperfections
inaccurate · botched · garbled · bungled · mangled
letter perfectapproximate
Nearly accurate but inexact
loose · inexact · improvised · ad-libbed · paraphrased
letter, letters, lettered, lettering, letterer, perfect, perfects, perfected, perfecting