Englishfor English speakers
perfectly
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adverb
(= absolutely, utterly, dead)
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
an absolutely magnificent painting
a perfectly idiotic idea
you're perfectly right
utterly miserable
you can be dead sure of my innocence
was dead tired
dead right
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adverb
in a perfect or faultless way
She performed perfectly on the balance beam
spoke English perfectly
solved the problem perfectly
elastic
Adjective
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Something is elastic if it can stretch or bend and go back to the way it was.
She held the papers together by putting an elastic (rubber) band around them.
A metal spring is elastic: it gives back the energy that was put into it when it was pushed.
supply
Noun
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A supply is an amount of something that you can use when you need it.
We will need a supply of water.
During the war, the Americans destroyed their food supply.
Sadly these books are in very short supply in Britain.
The price of oil changes quickly to match supply and demand.
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Supplies are things like food, water, medicine, gasoline, etc. that people need when they are not near somewhere where they can get them easily.
The Japanese government is finally planning to send medical supplies and financial support.
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Supply is the act or system of supplying something.
They plan to fix the Russian economy and improve the supply of food and consumer goods.
The airplane's air supply wasn't working.
supply
Verb
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If you supply something, you make it available, usually regularly.
We were supplied with a few basic tools that we needed for the job.
Our garden supplies us with all the food we need.
The office was well supplied with chairs.
supply
Adverb
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In a supple way.