adverb
- in a way that expresses completed action or a state resulting from completed action
Usage: grammar; linguistics
Examples
- In Russian, the verb is conjugated perfectively to show the action was completed.
- The linguist explained how the sentence functions perfectively in this context.
- When used perfectively, the verb indicates a finished state.
- The grammar book describes how to use verbs perfectively versus imperfectively.
- Students must learn to identify when verbs are used perfectively in translation.