• Completely

    Pronunciation

    Origin

    complete + -ly

    Full definition of completely

    Adverb

    completely

    1. (manner) In a complete manner; fully; totally; utterly.
      • 1851, Herman Melville, , Chapter 70,It should not have been omitted that previous to completely stripping the body of the leviathan, he was beheaded.
      • 1899, Kate Chopin, , Chapter XIX,She completely abandoned her Tuesdays at home, and did not return the visits of those who had called upon her.
      • 1969, E.R. Zumwalt, Jr., ,Lieutenant (junior grade) KERRY immediately maneuvered his craft through several strafing runs which completely silenced the enemy.
    2. Please completely fill in the box for your answer, using a number 2 pencil.
    3. (degree) To the fullest extent or degree; totally.
      • 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 2, 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.
      • 1968 June 8, Ted Kennedy, ,Our future may lie beyond our vision, but it is not completely beyond our control.
      • 1975, Helen Schucman, , Lesson 75: The light has come,Keep a completely open mind, washed of all past ideas and clean of every concept you have made.
    4. He is completely mad.

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