completely

[kuhm-pleet-lee]

adverb

1. to the whole amount or extent; fully.

   Although the river never dries up completely, there are times when the water is barely a trickle.

2. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of completely¹

complete + -ly

Example Sentences

"If the messenger fails to comply with Russian legislation, it will be completely blocked," it said.

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But if this season shows anything, it’s that not much has to go wrong for the wheels to come off completely.

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“The problem is behind me: there are 27 which are completely divided,” he added, referring to the EU’s member states.

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"They were going to completely remove my right breast and leave me with nothing, just a big scar," she says.

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"God help us! She is spineless, shameless and completely aimless," Badenoch told MPs.

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