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word-perfect

word-perfect

English

Adjective

word-perfect (comparative more word-perfect, superlative most word-perfect)

  1. (Britain, theater) Having memorized one's lines perfectly.
    • 1992, Mary Zenet Maher, Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies (page 67)
      The oldest actor in the company was word-perfect before any other actor and speaking at twice the rate and getting laughs from his fellow actors, the younger actors, in rehearsal!

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