completely
Americanadverb
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to the whole amount or extent; fully.
Although the river never dries up completely, there are times when the water is barely a trickle.
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thoroughly; totally.
I was so completely disoriented by the chiming of Big Ben as I stood below it that I walked into someone with my ice cream.
Great storytelling and successful social media campaigns are completely interconnected.
Other Word Forms
- quasi-completely adverb
- subcompletely adverb
- uncompletely adverb
Etymology
Origin of completely
Example Sentences
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While the sender of the email is redacted in the published file, the black redaction box does not completely cover his email address in one reference on the chain.
From BBC
At the same time, gains for stocks in tech and artificial intelligence haven’t completely fizzled.
From Barron's
Rogers at the time said in a statement “That is completely untrue.”
“I was completely unaware of Epstein’s past and criminal activities,” said Brende, who said he regretted not looking into Epstein’s history.
A Gates spokesperson said the claims in the July 18 emails “are absolutely absurd and completely false” and that “this is another example of Epstein’s repeated attempts to claim a role in Gates’s orbit.”
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