completely

comparative more completely · superlative most completely

1. In a complete manner; thoroughly.

   Please completely fill in the box for your answer, using a number “2” pencil.

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   I will have completely finished my degree by next July, when my thesis has been properly edited.

   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

   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

   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

   Synonyms: fully, totally, utterly

2. To the fullest extent or degree; totally.

   He is completely mad.

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   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

   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.

   Synonyms: fully, totally, utterly