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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"Nuclear infrastructure has generally been treated as a red line in the region. The message is: no strategic infrastructure in the Gulf is completely immune."

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

We’ve adapted to these gains so completely they no longer feel like gains.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

“It has enabled people who have completely lost their brain-body connection to speak again … and we believe it will enable people to walk again,” Musk said of Neuralink’s brain-computer interface, or BCI, technologies.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Now, having tunnel looks is one thing, but then also having a campaign is something completely different.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 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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