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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While each quotation provides something to muse over, the whole thing might be best summed up by a line from the comic poet Alexis: “The entire human condition’s completely insane.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

“I had to separate myself completely from my family in order to survive,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

He said the pope risked seeing "a completely skewed reality" if he met only with victims assisted by the Repara project of the archdiocese of Madrid.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The government has previously described the couple's 10-year sentences as "completely appalling and totally unjustifiable".

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

His face is pink, and he looks so completely, unfairly Old Jonah right now.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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