Dictionary

completely en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /kəmˈpliːtli/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English complete Middle English -ly English -ly English completely From complete + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a complete manner; thoroughly.
   • Please completely fill in the box for your answer, using a number “2” pencil.
   • It should not have been omitted that previous to completely stripping the body of the leviathan, he was beheaded. 1851, Herman Melville, chapter 70, in Moby-Dick:
   • Lieutenant (junior grade) KERRY immediately maneuvered his craft through several strafing runs which completely silenced the enemy. 1969, E.R. Zumwalt, Jr., Silver Star Citation - John Kerry:
   • “Temu is gone! What I saw today completely convinced me!” the user wrote. “Local sellers, despite obviously buying some items in advance in a bulk, don’t have all these items I was interested in.” 2025 May 2, Elisabeth Buchwald and Ramishah Maruf, “A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the chaos”, in CNN:
   • She completely abandoned her Tuesdays at home, and did not return the visits of those who had called upon her. 1899, Kate Chopin, chapter XIX, in The Awakening:
   • I will have completely finished my degree by next July, when my thesis has been properly edited.
2. To the fullest extent or degree; totally.
   • He is completely mad.
   • Our future may lie beyond our vision, but it is not completely beyond our control. 1968 June 8, Edward M. Kennedy, Tribute to Senator Robert F. Kennedy:
   • 1975, Helen Schucman, A Course in Miracles/Workbook for Students, Lesson 75: The light has come, Keep a completely open mind, washed of all past ideas and clean of every concept you have made.
   • I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

Forms

Antonyms

spottily · moderately · incompletely · in a sense · half-assedly · partly · hardly · in a way · inconsistently · partially · barely · somewhat · after a fashion · poorly · to an extent

Deriveds

completely metrizable · completely and utterly

Hypernyms

exactly

Hyponyms

verbatim

Relateds

extent · the dickens · comprehensively · abundantly · in spades · alpha and omega · total · entire · consistently · thoroughly · entirety · extremely · but good · degree · everything · extensively

Synonyms

all the way · stock · from top to toe · head to toe · whole · lock · categorically · finally · purely · stone-cold · hook · exhaustively · in full · plumb · from soup to nuts · handsomely · perfectly · soundly · from stem to stern · utterly (in a complete manner) · and sinker · out and out · from aardvark to zymurgy · totally (in a complete manner) · cold · root and branch · flat out · cap-a-pie · soup-to-nuts · right · to the full · head to tail · completely · from A to Z · all-out · from head to toe · fully (to the fullest degree) · top to toe · outright · detailly · quite · at large · totally (to the fullest degree) · utterly (to the fullest degree) · at length · wholly · properly · top to tail · absolutely · straight up · blind · from the rooter to the tooter · one hundred percent · through and through · to the core · to the bone · well and truly · tout à fait · entirely · whole cloth · first and last · in detail · altogether · head to foot · fully (in a complete manner) · totes · downright · from top to bottom · out-and-out · heartily · particularly · flat-out · line · stark · and barrel

Translations (178)

it interamente (in a complete manner) · cs zcela (in a complete manner) · uk зо́всім (in a complete manner) · sq krejtësisht (in a complete manner) · lv pilnīgi (to the fullest extent or degree) · tr tamamen (in a complete manner) · yue 完全 (in a complete manner) · ka სრულად (in a complete manner) · km ស្រុង (in a complete manner) · he לחלוטין (in a complete manner) · nrf compliètement (to the fullest extent or degree) · es en toda la línea (to the fullest extent or degree) · pl do spodu (to the fullest extent or degree) · ru целико́м (in a complete manner) · es de todo punto (to the fullest extent or degree) · pl zupełnie (to the fullest extent or degree) · it del tutto (in a complete manner) · be зусім (to the fullest extent or degree) · grc πάγχυ (to the fullest extent or degree) · dag chaɣibi (in a complete manner) · non ǫllungis (to the fullest extent or degree) · ast completamente (in a complete manner) · ca completament (in a complete manner) · pt completamente (to the fullest extent or degree) · pl bez reszty (to the fullest extent or degree) · de völlig (in a complete manner) · it totalmente (in a complete manner) · pl na sto procent (to the fullest extent or degree) · cmn 十分 (to the fullest extent or degree) · sl popôlnoma (to the fullest extent or degree) · gd dearg (to the fullest extent or degree) · izh aivan (to the fullest extent or degree) · ro complet (to the fullest extent or degree) · zea glad (in a complete manner) · is aldeilis (to the fullest extent or degree) · it pienamente (in a complete manner) · ro completamente (in a complete manner) · grc πάντως (in a complete manner) · ka მთლიანად (in a complete manner) · grc ἄρδην (to the fullest extent or degree) · bg съвсем (in a complete manner) · de vollumfänglich (to the fullest extent or degree) · es del todo (in a complete manner) · uk цілко́м (in a complete manner) · la admodum (in a complete manner) · ja 全く (to the fullest extent or degree) · la funditus (to the fullest extent or degree) · fi täysin (in a complete manner) · pl totalnie (to the fullest extent or degree) · fi tyyten (in a complete manner) · eo komplete (in a complete manner) · hy կատարելապես (to the fullest extent or degree) · pl do szczętu (to the fullest extent or degree) · kix thǖpēm (in a complete manner) · ru соверше́нно (in a complete manner) · grc παντελῶς (in a complete manner) · pl bezwzględnie (in a complete manner) · cmn 完全 (in a complete manner) · es completamente (to the fullest extent or degree) · gl completamente (in a complete manner) · fr complètement (in a complete manner) · pt completamente (in a complete manner) · cmn 全部地 (in a complete manner) · cmn ...極了 /...极了 (to the fullest extent or degree) · gd gu lèir (to the fullest extent or degree) · lv pilnīgi (in a complete manner) · es en toda la línea (in a complete manner) · it completamente (to the fullest extent or degree) · eo tute (to the fullest extent or degree) · eo absolute (to the fullest extent or degree) · ps بېخي (in a complete manner) · hu teljesen (to the fullest extent or degree) · be ушчэнт (to the fullest extent or degree) · pl bezdennie (in a complete manner) · sv fullständigt (in a complete manner) · ru по́лностью (in a complete manner) · ro complet (in a complete manner) · vi hẳn (to the fullest extent or degree) · grc ὅλως (in a complete manner) · bg напълно (in a complete manner) · es de todo punto (in a complete manner) · izh aivon (to the fullest extent or degree) · lv pilnām (in a complete manner) · ru совсе́м (to the fullest extent or degree) · la plēnē (in a complete manner) · ckb بە تەواوی (in a complete manner) · ja 完璧に (in a complete manner) · zza temamen (in a complete manner) · et täiesti (in a complete manner) · it completamente (in a complete manner) · et täielikult (in a complete manner) · ja 完全に (in a complete manner) · ja まるっきり (to the fullest extent or degree) · mn бүрмөсөн (in a complete manner) · pl w całości (in a complete manner) · hy ամբողջովին (in a complete manner) · ckb بە یەکجاری (in a complete manner) · nl volledig (in a complete manner) · hi एकदम (in a complete manner) · pl do cna (to the fullest extent or degree) · pdt gauns (to the fullest extent or degree) · nl volkomen (in a complete manner) · hi बिलकुल (in a complete manner) · ps بېخي (to the fullest extent or degree) · be цалкам (to the fullest extent or degree) · it interamente (to the fullest extent or degree) · pl całkowicie (in a complete manner) · vo löliko (in a complete manner) · cs do mrtě (to the fullest extent or degree) · es con armas y bagajes (in a complete manner) · hu egészen (to the fullest extent or degree) · scn dû propia (in a complete manner) · fi täydellisen (to the fullest extent or degree) · ast dafechu (in a complete manner) · fi kokonaan (in a complete manner) · sv fullständigt (to the fullest extent or degree) · kri kpatakpata (in a complete manner) · nl helemaal (to the fullest extent or degree) · uk зо́всім (to the fullest extent or degree) · de ganz (in a complete manner) · fr complètement (to the fullest extent or degree) · es rotundamente (to the fullest extent or degree) · vi quá (to the fullest extent or degree) · arz خالص (to the fullest extent or degree) · fi täysin (to the fullest extent or degree) · pl całkowicie (to the fullest extent or degree) · dsb ceło (in a complete manner) · hy լրիվ (to the fullest extent or degree) · az tamamilə (to the fullest extent or degree) · gd gu lèir (in a complete manner) · cmn ...死了 (to the fullest extent or degree) · pdt gauns (in a complete manner) · pt totalmente (to the fullest extent or degree) · ru совсе́м (in a complete manner) · cmn 十分 (in a complete manner) · sl popôlnoma (in a complete manner) · uk по́вністю (in a complete manner) · cs úplně (in a complete manner) · dsb ceło (to the fullest extent or degree) · vi hoàn toàn (in a complete manner) · lv pilnām (to the fullest extent or degree) · io komplete (in a complete manner) · grc τελείως (in a complete manner) · got 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉 (in a complete manner) · ca totalment (to the fullest extent or degree) · he לגמרי (in a complete manner) · ar تَمَامًا (in a complete manner) · it totalmente (to the fullest extent or degree) · az tam şəkildə (to the fullest extent or degree) · nrf compliètement (in a complete manner) · es plenamente (to the fullest extent or degree) · de vollständig (in a complete manner) · az tam sürətdə (to the fullest extent or degree) · nl compleet (in a complete manner) · pl kompletnie (to the fullest extent or degree) · uz butunlay (in a complete manner) · ko 완전히 (in a complete manner) · pt totalmente (in a complete manner) · sa केवल (in a complete manner) · ja すっかり (in a complete manner) · fi tykkänään (in a complete manner) · de ganz (to the fullest extent or degree) · ro total (to the fullest extent or degree) · hu teljesen (in a complete manner) · it pienamente (to the fullest extent or degree) · pl doszczętnie (to the fullest extent or degree) · fi tyystin (in a complete manner) · ja 全く (in a complete manner) · txb attsaik (in a complete manner) · got 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉 (to the fullest extent or degree) · ru соверше́нно (to the fullest extent or degree) · az bütünlüklə (to the fullest extent or degree) · es completamente (in a complete manner) · cmn 徹底 /彻底 (in a complete manner) · es por completo (in a complete manner) · oc completament (in a complete manner) · it del tutto (to the fullest extent or degree) · es por completo rematadamente (to the fullest extent or degree)