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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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

By promising trillions in future profits from other, completely unproven, businesses.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

It was he said, "intolerable and completely unacceptable."

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

No one found a way to completely unlock the model, Anthropic said.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Dr. Harlow leaks the information to Dr. Sizer that the "completely recovered" Phineas is not the old Phineas.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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