completely

[kuhm-pleet-lee] / kəmˈplit li /

ADVERB

entirely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absolutely altogether comprehensively effectively entirely finally fully perfectly quite thoroughly totally ultimately unconditionally utterly wholly

WEAK

all the way competently conclusively en masse exclusively exhaustively extensively from A to Z from beginning to end hook, line, and sinker in all in entirety in full in toto on all counts painstakingly solidly to the end to the limit to the max to the nth degree unabridged unanimously undividedly with heart and soul without omission

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inadequately incompletely partially partly

Example Sentences

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The guy who called me sounded completely plausible.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Among them, some 12,000 units were completely or partially destroyed since the truce began.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

The Football Focus team gave it a go, standing completely still like a mannequin in a shop window for the opening of the show.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Allison Janney, “The Diplomat” “You could almost fill out this category completely with women from ‘The Pitt.’

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Dozens of well-respected newspapers ran stories, some entirely fabricated, “the bodies of Sir John Franklin and his men have been found by Dr. Kane’s party, completely frozen, and in a state of perfect preservation.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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