English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
complete + -ly
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : /kəmˈpliːtli/
Hyphenation: com‧plete‧ly
completely (comparative more completely , superlative most completely )
( manner ) In a complete manner
1851 , Herman Melville , chapter 70, in Moby-Dick :It should not have been omitted that previous to completely stripping the body of the leviathan, he was beheaded.
1899 , Kate Chopin , chapter XIX, in The Awakening :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.
Please completely fill in the box for your answer, using a number 2 pencil.
( degree ) To the fullest extent or degree; totally .
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 222716698 :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, 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.
He is completely mad.
Synonyms [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
in a complete manner
Arabic: تَمَامًا ( tamāman )
Armenian: ամբողջովին (hy) ( ambołǰovin )
Asturian: completamente , dafechu
Bulgarian: напълно (bg) ( napǎlno ) , съвсем (bg) ( sǎvsem )
Catalan: completament (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 完全 ( jyun4 cyun4 )
Mandarin: 完全 (zh) ( wánquán ) , 徹底 (zh) , 彻底 (zh) ( chèdǐ ) , 十分 (zh) ( shífēn ) , 全部地 ( quánbùde )
Czech: zcela (cs) , úplně (cs)
Dagbani: chaɣibi
Dutch: compleet (nl) , volledig (nl) , volkomen (nl)
Esperanto: komplete
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: täysin (fi) , kokonaan (fi) , tyystin (fi) , tyyten , tykkänään
French: complètement (fr)
Galician: completamente (gl)
Georgian: მთლიანად ( mtlianad ) , სრულად ( srulad )
German: vollständig (de) , völlig (de) , ganz (de)
Greek:
Ancient: πάντως ( pántōs ) , παντελῶς ( pantelôs ) , ὅλως ( hólōs ) , τελείως ( teleíōs )
Hebrew: לגמרי (he) ( le'gamre' ) , לחלוטין ( lakhalutín )
Hindi: बिलकुल (hi) ( bilkul )
Hungarian: teljesen (hu)
Ido: komplete (io)
Italian: completamente (it) , interamente (it) , del tutto , totalmente (it) , pienamente (it)
Japanese: 全く (ja) ( まったく, mattaku ) , 完全 に ( かんぜんに, kanzen ni ) , 完璧 に ( かんぺきに, kampeki ni ) , すっかり (ja) ( sukkari )
Khmer: ស្រុង (km) ( srong )
Korean: 완전히 (ko) ( wanjeonhi )
Krio: kpatakpata
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بە تەواوی ( be tewawî ) , بە یەکجاری ( be yekcarî )
Latin: admodum . plēnē
Latvian: pilnīgi , pilnām
Norman: compliètement ( Jersey )
Occitan: completament
Pashto: بېخي (ps) ( bexi )
Plautdietsch: gauns
Polish: całkowicie (pl) , w całości , bezdennie ( when collocating with "głupi" (stupid) )
Portuguese: completamente (pt) , totalmente (pt)
Romanian: complet (ro) , completamente (ro)
Russian: соверше́нно (ru) ( soveršénno ) , целико́м (ru) ( celikóm ) , по́лностью (ru) ( pólnostʹju ) , совсе́м (ru) ( sovsém )
Sanskrit: केवल (sa) ( kevala )
Scottish Gaelic: gu lèir
Slovene: popôlnoma
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: ceło
Spanish: completamente (es)
Swedish: fullständigt (sv)
Tocharian B: attsaik
Turkish: tamamen (tr)
Ukrainian: по́вністю ( póvnistju ) , цілко́м (uk) ( cilkóm ) , зо́всім ( zóvsim )
Vietnamese: hoàn toàn (vi)
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
Westrobothnian: all
Zazaki: temamen
Zealandic: glad
to the fullest extent or degree
Arabic: please add this translation if you can :
Egyptian Arabic: خالص ( ḵāliṣ )
Armenian: կատարելապես (hy) ( katarelapes ) , լրիվ (hy) ( lriv )
Azerbaijani: tam şəkildə , tamamilə , bütünlüklə , tam sürətdə
Catalan: totalment (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 十分 (zh) ( shífēn ) , ...極 了 , ...极 了 ( jí le ) , ...死 了 ( sǐ le )
Czech: do mrtě (cs) ( colloquial, idiomatic )
Dutch: helemaal (nl)
Finnish: täysin (fi) , täydellisen
French: complètement (fr)
German: vollumfänglich (de) , ganz (de)
Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉 ( allandjō )
Greek:
Ancient: ἄρδην ( árdēn ) , πάγχυ ( pánkhu )
Hindi: please add this translation if you can :
Hungarian: egészen (hu) , teljesen (hu)
Icelandic: aldeilis (is)
Italian: completamente (it) , interamente (it) , del tutto , totalmente (it) , pienamente (it)
Japanese: 全く (ja) ( まったく, mattaku ) , まるっきり ( marukkiri )
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Latin: funditus
Latvian: pilnīgi , pilnām
Norman: compliètement ( Jersey )
Old Norse: ǫllungis
Pashto: بېخي (ps) ( bexi )
Plautdietsch: gauns
Polish: zupełnie (pl) , totalnie (pl) , całkowicie (pl) , bez reszty (pl) , do cna (pl) , do spodu , do szczętu (pl) , doszczętnie (pl) , kompletnie (pl) , na sto procent (pl)
Portuguese: completamente (pt) , totalmente (pt)
Romanian: complet (ro) , total (ro)
Russian: соверше́нно (ru) ( soveršénno ) , совсе́м (ru) ( sovsém )
Scottish Gaelic: dearg , gu lèir
Slovene: popôlnoma
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: ceło
Spanish: totalmente (es) , rematadamente , de todo punto
Swedish: fullständigt (sv)
Ukrainian: зо́всім ( zóvsim )
Vietnamese: quá (vi) , hẳn (vi)
Westrobothnian: mol , kav , alldäiles , gor
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