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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Tearfully, she told me that one of the cars completely destroyed by the blast was hers.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

I’m someone who’s pathologically chatty, and so talking to Greg, who is completely fine with there being pauses in conversation, and is just a confident grown-up, it was incredibly intimidating.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

The drug did not completely stop rheumatoid arthritis from developing.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Unsurprisingly, the players have a completely different view of the landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Dr. Harlow leaks the information to Dr. Sizer that the "completely recovered" Phineas is not the old Phineas.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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