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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“I’m not completely offline but I’m more centered on finding meaningful activities for me,” he says.
"The planet orbits a star that's completely bizarre -- the mass of the Sun, but the size of a city," said University of Chicago astrophysicist Michael Zhang, the study's principal investigator.
From Science Daily
Infection, severe bruising, asymmetry, dryness, prolonged swelling or difficulty closing eyes completely are all possible, says Tsai—and not everyone is a good candidate, despite what your feed might suggest.
Police said the areas was "completely closed to the public", and that "a no-fly zone over Crans Montana has been imposed".
From Barron's
Police said the areas was "completely closed to the public", and that "a no-fly zone over Crans Montana has been imposed".
From Barron's
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