impeccably

English

WOTD – 18 December 2011

Etymology

impeccable +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɛk.ə.bli/

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Adverb

impeccably (comparative more impeccably, superlative most impeccably)

1. In a perfect or flawless manner.
   • 1995, David Dubal, Art of the Piano: Its performers, literature, and recordings, page 433:

     The great pianist was a prolific composer, who wrote impeccably for the piano.

   • 1999, The Xenophobe's Guide to the French, page 17:

     It is difficult to distinguish one bourgeois from another: the grande bourgeoisie are impeccably dressed at all times and don't speak to anyone outside their own class; the bonne bourgeoisie are impeccably dressed and speak to everyone; the petite bourgeoisie are impeccably dressed and speak only to complain […]

   • 2009, Susanna Zaraysky, Language Is Music, page 19:

     In fact, even when I did make some small mistakes with grammar, people still said I spoke impeccably.

Synonyms

• (in a perfect manner): flawlessly, immaculately, perfectly

Related terms

• impeccability
• impeccable

Translations

in a perfect or flawless manner

• Armenian: անթերի (hy) (antʻeri)
• Burmese: ကြော့ကြော့မော့မော့။ (krau.krau.mau.mau.||)
• Catalan: impecablement
• Czech: bezvadně (cs)
• Dutch: onberispelijk (nl)
• Estonian: laitmatult
• Finnish: moitteettomasti
• French: impeccablement (fr)
• Georgian: უცდომლად (ucdomlad)
• German: tadellos (de)
• Greek: άψογα (el) (ápsoga)
• Hungarian: hibátlanul (hu)
• Italian: impeccabilmente (it)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: bitekûzbarî (ku), bibêçewtî (ku), tekûzbarkî (ku)

• Polish: nieskazitelnie (pl)
• Romanian: impecabil (ro)
• Russian: безупре́чно (ru) (bezupréčno),безукори́зненно (ru) (bezukoríznenno), соверше́нно (ru) (soveršénno), безоши́бочно (ru) (bezošíbočno), ве́рно (ru) (vérno), то́чно (ru) (tóčno)
• Serbo-Croatian: besprékōrno (sh), беспрекорно
• Spanish: impecablemente
• Swedish: felfritt (sv), oklanderligt (sv)