Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a complete manner; fully; perfectly; entirely; wholly; totally; utterly; thoroughly; quite: as, to be completely mistaken; “completely witty,”

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a complete manner; fully.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb manner In a complete manner; fully; totally; utterly.
  • adverb degree To the fullest extent or degree; totally.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb so as to be complete; with everything necessary
  • adverb to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')

Etymologies

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complete +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Although I believe that this game has one of the nicest interfaces around, I got my dad to try it, and despite being a fore-runner in CAD circles, he spent a long time clicking and dragging on menu icons in order to move them around, and misinterpreting signals in the game, and completely, *completely* ignoring the tutorial signs in the background... like they were invisible or something.

    Design Tour - World of Goo on Vimeo 2010

  • "Mowbray and I are completely reconciled -- _completely_, you understand.

    The Deluge David Graham Phillips 1889

  • The child clapped her hands together and Anabella bent to pick her up, her expression completely changing as she swept Baby Ana into her arms.

    Healing the Highlander Melissa Mayhue 2011

  • Note that these variants are not a matter of actually writing a word completely wrong, but only of variations in the spelling of a word; see also on the next pages.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Note that these variants are not a matter of actually writing a word completely wrong, but only of variations in the spelling of a word; see also on the next pages.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • The child clapped her hands together and Anabella bent to pick her up, her expression completely changing as she swept Baby Ana into her arms.

    Healing the Highlander Melissa Mayhue 2011

  • Note that these variants are not a matter of actually writing a word completely wrong, but only of variations in the spelling of a word; see also on the next pages.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Note that these variants are not a matter of actually writing a word completely wrong, but only of variations in the spelling of a word; see also on the next pages.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Schyman leaned back in his chair and concentrated on keeping his expression completely neutral, as the true nature of his elevation dawned on him with crystal-clear transparency:

    Red Wolf Liza Marklund 2010

  • Schyman leaned back in his chair and concentrated on keeping his expression completely neutral, as the true nature of his elevation dawned on him with crystal-clear transparency:

    Red Wolf Liza Marklund 2010

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