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completely

completely

1.0
Totally, in every way
  • adverb
  • /kəmˈpliːtli/
translation icon : completamente
  • I would be completely lost without you, my darling.
  • completely different
  • completely agree
  • completely eliminate

And when you can't think, you're left feeling completely without hope.

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Examples

  • If you never want to see me again, I completely understand.

  • Sorry, that movie was completely inappropriate for children.

  • So you must feel completely secure in this decision.

  • The choices we make are completely in our control.

  • But for what it's worth, I'm a completely different person today.

  • The upper two floors of the house are taken up completely by the girls' private bedrooms.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Hart added that the law "operates more completely where medical care is most exposed to market forces."

    Academic text (2011)
  • We thought the town was completely abandoned save these unfortunate souls who wander the streets.

  • Tom raises his hand and knocks again, missing the door completely on his first try.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I am completely satisfied with the service I received at the restaurant.

Synonyms

absolutely
vscompletely
1.0

Completely and without any doubt

is the plain expression of total extent without certainty focus
totally
vscompletely
1.0

To be complete with nothing left out

is the neutral word that states the same totality
all the way
vscompletely
1.8

Completely from the start to the finish

is the general expression for complete coverage in any sense
fully
vscompletely
1.0

Completely, with nothing left out

is the basic term for doing something to full extent
entirely
vscompletely
2.2

Completely without leaving anything out

is the general neutral term for that same total extent
perfectly
vscompletely
775 1.0

Completely, to show that something is true

is the simpler term for full extent without perfection nuance
thoroughly
vscompletely
259 3.5

To do something completely and carefully

focuses on total extent without the detailed process aspect
utterly
vscompletely
236 3.6

Completely, to show that something is very strong or very great

is the ordinary expression for that same high degree
altogether
vscompletely
149 3.3

Completely with nothing left

is the neutral everyday choice for that whole sense
in full
vscompletely
131 1.7

Completely, with nothing missing

is the usual broad word for the same full completion
downright
vscompletely
91 3.7

To say something is complete or very strong to make a point

is the standard neutral term for the same absolute idea
wholly
vscompletely
84 3.4

Completely in every way

is the common label for that same all around sense
outright
vscompletely
35 4.2

Completely, with nothing left to pay

is the general term for total extent without immediacy focus
top to bottom
vscompletely
21 3.2

To do something completely by checking every part

is the more general word for covering all parts
comprehensively
vscompletely
8 4.9

In a way that includes almost all parts

is the simple totality term without emphasis on covering aspects
completely and utterly
vscompletely
8 2.3

Totally and without any doubt

is the simple, less marked way to state totality
well and truly
vscompletely
  • Informal
7 3.7

Completely and without doubt

is the plain word for full extent without the added certainty
exhaustively
vscompletely
  • Formal
6 6.7

In a way that includes every part and leaves nothing out

names the overall totality without implying a checking process
sheerly
vscompletely
1 4.5

Completely, with nothing else causing or helping it

is the broader term that does not stress purity alone

Antonyms

198 2.4

To some degree but not completely

Idioms

Totally and without any doubt

Compounds

An action or comment that no one can give a good reason for

How Complete

completely
1.0
mostly
1.0
partly
375 1.0
slightly
885 1.0

Surface Forms

completely positive

Morphology

completely = complete (transparent) = complete + ly

Standard derivation from the adjective 'complete' with the productive adverbial suffix '-ly', preserving the meaning 'entirely'.

Etymology

Completely comes from the parts com- ('fully' or 'together') and -plete ('to fill'), the same root you see in complete and in the simple idea of 'fill'. So to do something completely is to 'fill it up', that is, to do it 'entirely' or in every part.