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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Richard Dreyfuss sculpting Devils Tower out of mashed potatoes should seem completely insane — and it kind of is.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

X Square engineer Hu said he sends his robots to work in a "completely unfamiliar environment".

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

This guy is, by the way, completely superfluous to the plot, and wastes a lot of our time before he gets dumped out of it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

She said controlling the borders was "completely different" to taking "retrospective action on people who have made a life here".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

I glance toward the front seat to make sure Mom didn’t hear that, but she’s completely absorbed in Aunt Jen’s story about her annoying coworker.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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