to perfection

Speech parts

1. to perfection - Adverb

2. to perfection - Phrase

Meaning

in every detail

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

to a T just completely fully beyond quite entirely exactly perfectly altogether absolutely downright precisely to the letter all the way
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Examples

The fruits of the earth are not brought to perfection immediately, but by time, rain and care; similarly, the fruits of men ripen through ascetic practice, study, time, perseverance, self-control and patience. Anthony the Great

Probably the closest things to perfection are the huge absolutely empty holes that astronomers have recently discovered in space. If there's nothing there, how can anything go wrong? Richard Brautigan

APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past: it creates a new generation of coding bums. Edsger W. Dijkstra

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

In the midst of all this great variety of subjects, an individual cannot attain to perfection in each, because it is scarcely in his power to take in and comprehend the general theories of them. Vitruvius

The rationalism of the creative minds was tempered by abundant fantasies, and the supreme beauty of the monuments was probably spoiled by the circumambient vanities and ugliness; in a few cases the Greeks came as close to perfection as it was possible to do, yet they were human and imperfect. George Sarton

Words in the phrase

to perfection

Close letter words and terms

to pay off To penetrate to perceive to perform To perish to perjure