Usually means: Following instructions with exact precision.
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  1. to the letter: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. to the letter: Merriam-Webster
  3. to the letter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. to the letter: Collins English Dictionary
  5. to the letter: Vocabulary.com
  6. to the letter: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. to the letter: Wiktionary
  8. to the letter: Dictionary.com
  9. to the letter: Rhymezone
  10. to the letter: FreeDictionary.org
  11. to the letter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. to the letter: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. to the letter: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. to the letter: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (to the letter)

▸ adverb:  (idiomatic) Literally, exactly, following the rules as written.

Similar:
just right, to a t, to perfection, letterly, verbatim et literatim, literally, ad litteram, word for word, formally, literalistically, more...

Opposite:
loosely, approximately, roughly, vaguely, informally

Phrases:
follow to the letter, they follow the rules to the letter, more...

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Similar:
just right, to a t, to perfection, letterly, verbatim et literatim, literally, ad litteram, word for word, formally, literalistically, more...

Opposite:
loosely, approximately, roughly, vaguely, informally

Phrases:
follow to the letter, they follow the rules to the letter, more...



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