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Princeton's WordNet

  1. wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, wholeadverb

    to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')

    "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"

  2. completelyadverb

    so as to be complete; with everything necessary

    "he had filled out the form completely"; "the apartment was completely furnished"

Wiktionary

  1. completelyadverb

    In a complete manner; fully; totally; utterly.

    Please completely fill in the box for your answer, using a number 2 pencil.

  2. completelyadverb

    To the fullest extent or degree; totally.

    He is completely mad.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Completelyadverb

    Fully; perfectly.

    Etymology: from complete.

    Then tell us, how you can your bodies roll,
    Through space of matter, so completely full? Richard Blackmore.

    Whatever person would aspire to be completely witty, smart, humorous and polite, must, by hard labour, be able to retain in his memory every single sentence contained in this work. Jonathan Swift, Introduction to Genteel Conversation.

ChatGPT

  1. completely

    Completely means to the fullest extent or degree, leaving no part or element unfinished or lacking. It denotes a state of thoroughness or entirety.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Completelyadverb

    in a complete manner; fully

Freebase

  1. Completely

    Completely is the eighth album from noted country artists Diamond Rio. Two of the album's singles, "Beautiful Mess" and "I Believe", reached Number One on the Billboard U.S. Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Also released from this album were "Wrinkles" and "We All Fall Down", which peaked at #18 and #45, respectively, on the country charts. The album was certified gold by the RIAA. "Make Sure You've Got It All" was originally recorded by Collin Raye on his 1998 album The Walls Came Down. "If You'd Like Some Lovin'" was written and originally recorded by David Ball for his album, Starlite Lounge in 1996.

Editors Contribution

  1. completelyadverb

    To focus on a specific role, responsibility or task to complete.

    The member of unity parliament is focused completely on his role and responsibilities.


    Submitted by MaryC on August 24, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'completely' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1249

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'completely' in Written Corpus Frequency: #963

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'completely' in Adverbs Frequency: #118

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of completely in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of completely in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of completely in a Sentence

  1. Julie Burchill:

    Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile.

  2. Lee Iacocca:

    In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.

  3. Ralph Lauren:

    They wanted products that were completely sustainable, completely future-oriented and completely about innovation.

  4. Frances Kelley:

    There have been people such as myself who completely trusted the EPA, but this has completely undermined our trust.

  5. Henry Miller, The Colossus of Maroussi:

    To be silent the whole day long, see no newspaper, hear no radio, listen to no gossip, be thoroughly and completely lazy, thoroughly and completely indifferent to the fate of the world is the finest medicine a man can give himself.

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