completely

English

Etymology

complete +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

completely (comparative more completely, superlative most completely)

1. (manner) In a complete manner; fully; totally; utterly.

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

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 70,

     It should not have been omitted that previous to completely stripping the body of the leviathan, he was beheaded.

   • 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening, 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., Silver Star Citation - John Kerry,

     Lieutenant (junior grade) KERRY immediately maneuvered his craft through several strafing runs which completely silenced the enemy.

2. (degree) To the fullest extent or degree; totally.

   He is completely mad.

   • 1968 June 8, Edward M. Kennedy, Tribute to Senator Robert F. Kennedy,

     Our future may lie beyond our vision, but it is not completely beyond our control.

   • 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

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Translations

in a complete manner

• Arabic: تمامًا (ar) (tamāman)
• Asturian: completamente (ast), dafechu (ast)
• Bulgarian: напълно (bg) (napǎlno), съвсем (bg) (sǎvsem)
• Catalan: completament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 完全 (cmn) (wánquán), 徹底 (cmn), 彻底 (cmn) (chèdǐ), 十分 (cmn) (shífēn), 全部地 (cmn) (quánbùde)

• Czech: zcela (cs)
• Dutch: compleet (nl), volledig (nl), volkomen (nl)
• Esperanto: komplete (eo)
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: täysin (fi), kokonaan (fi), tyystin (fi), tyyten (fi), tykkänään (fi)
• French: complètement (fr)
• German: vollständig (de), völlig (de)
• Hebrew: לגמרי (he) (le'gamre')
• Hindi: बिलकुल (hi) (bilkul)
• Hungarian: teljesen (hu)
• Ido: komplete (io)
• Italian: completamente (it)

• Japanese: 完全に (ja) (かんぜんに, kanzen ni), 完璧に (ja) (かんぺきに, kanpeki ni)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 완전히 (ko) (wanjeonhi)
• Krio: kpatakpata
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: به‌ ته‌واوی (ku) (be tewawi), به‌ یه‌کجاری (ku) (be yekcari)

• Latvian: pilnīgi (lv), pilnām (lv)
• Pashto: بېخي (ps) (bexi)
• Polish: całkowicie (pl), w całości
• Portuguese: completamente (pt), totalmente (pt), cem por cento (pt)
• Russian: совершенно (ru) (soveršénno), целиком (ru) (celikóm), полностью (ru) (pólnost'ju), совсем (ru) (sovsém)
• Scottish Gaelic: gu lèir (gd)
• Slovene: popôlnoma (sl)
• Spanish: completamente (es)
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: tamamen (tr)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can

to the fullest extent or degree

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 十分 (cmn) (shífēn), ...極了 (cmn), ...极了 (cmn) (jí le), ...死了 (cmn) (sǐ le)

• Dutch: helemaal (nl)
• Finnish: täysin (fi), täydellisen (fi)
• French: complètement (fr)
• German: vollumfänglich (de)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can:
• Italian: completamente (it)
• Japanese: まるっきり (ja) (marukkiri)

• Korean: please add this translation if you can:
• Latvian: pilnīgi (lv), pilnām (lv)
• Pashto: بېخي (ps) (bexi)
• Polish: zupełnie, totalnie, całkowicie
• Portuguese: completamente (pt), totalmente (pt), cem por cento (pt)
• Russian: совершенно (ru) (sov'eršénno), целиком (ru) (celikóm), полностью (ru) (pólnost'ju)
• Scottish Gaelic: dearg (gd), gu lèir (gd)
• Slovene: popôlnoma (sl)
• Spanish: totalmente (es)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can:

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• Catalan: cent per cent (ca)
• Estonian: jäägitult (et)
• Hindi: बिलकुल (hi) (bilkul), बिल्कुल (hi) (bilkul)
• Icelandic: algerlega (is)

• Latin: omnīnō (la)
• Spanish: totalmente (es), enteramente (es)
• Vietnamese: hoàn toàn