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TO THE LETTER

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In every detail

Example:

the new house suited them to a T

Synonyms:

just right; to a T; to perfection; to the letter

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 Context examples: 

Now, David, you understand me, and you know what will be the consequence if you fail to obey me to the letter.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

However, I threw all fears to the winds, ate a hearty supper, drove to Paddington, and started off, having obeyed to the letter the injunction as to holding my tongue.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then these are your instructions, and I beg, my dear Watson, that you will obey them to the letter, for you are now playing a double-handed game with me against the cleverest rogue and the most powerful syndicate of criminals in Europe.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)