Definitions

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 appendix, once considered a completely useless evolutionary left-over, is now thought to have minor immune functions.

From Science Daily • Jul. 11, 2026

‘I’m going to have to completely go back to the drawing board, rethink my life and probably start at the bottom in a new industry.’

From MarketWatch • Jul. 11, 2026

“I was stepping away to take these phone calls and it was absolutely, completely surreal,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026

Lilly Jones' family said she was "completely and utterly herself" with an "eclectic taste in music"

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2026

That his ushering gift had been stripped from him completely.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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