completely
- adverb
- /kəmˈpliːtli/
- 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.
- And when you can't think, you're left feeling completely without hope.
- And so, yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm completely not driven by fear.
- And only took one meeting with him to completely shift.
- And I've, I've completely had it, had it.
- They don't do some like completely like ass crazy thing.
- So now Trump's up, which has a left completely melting down.
- I like them so that they're completely grated smooth.
- Like they're both just like completely inept people.
Examples
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If you never want to see me again, I completely understand.
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Sorry, that movie was completely inappropriate for children.
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So you must feel completely secure in this decision.
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The choices we make are completely in our control.
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But for what it's worth, I'm a completely different person today.
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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.
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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
Completely and without any doubt
To be complete with nothing left out
Completely from the start to the finish
Completely, with nothing left out
Completely without leaving anything out
Completely, to show that something is true
To do something completely and carefully
Completely, to show that something is very strong or very great
Completely with nothing left
Completely, with nothing missing
To say something is complete or very strong to make a point
Completely in every way
Completely, with nothing left to pay
To do something completely by checking every part
In a way that includes almost all parts
Totally and without any doubt
Completely and without doubt
In a way that includes every part and leaves nothing out
Completely, with nothing else causing or helping it
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How Complete
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Morphology
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.