completely

English

Etymology

complete +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəmˈpliːtli/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: com‧plete‧ly

Adverb

completely (comparative more completely, superlative most completely)

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

2. (degree) To the fullest extent or degree; totally.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:

     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

• See also Wikisaurus:completely

Translations

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)
• 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)
• Georgian: მთლიანად (mtlianad), სრულად (srulad)
• German: vollständig (de), völlig (de), ganz (de)
• Hebrew: לגמרי‏‎ (he) (le'gamre')
• 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)
• Khmer: ស្រុង (km) (srŏng)

• Korean: 완전히 (ko) (wanjeonhi)
• Krio: kpatakpata
• Kurdish:

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

• Latvian: pilnīgi, pilnām
• Norman: compliètement (Jersey)
• Pashto: بېخي‏‎ (ps) (bexi)
• Polish: całkowicie (pl), w całości
• Portuguese: completamente (pt), totalmente (pt)
• Romanian: complet (ro), completamente (ro)
• Russian: соверше́нно (ru) (soveršénno), целико́м (ru) (celikóm), по́лностью (ru) (pólnostʹju), совсе́м (ru) (sovsém)
• Scottish Gaelic: gu lèir
• Slovene: popôlnoma
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: ceło

• Spanish: completamente (es)
• Swedish: fullständigt (sv)
• Turkish: tamamen (tr)
• Vietnamese: hoàn toàn (vi)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Westrobothnian: all
• Zazaki: temamen

to the fullest extent or degree

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can:
• Armenian: կատարելապես (hy) (katarelapes), լրիվ (hy) (lriv)
• Catalan: totalment
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: helemaal (nl)
• Finnish: täysin (fi), täydellisen
• French: complètement (fr)
• German: vollumfänglich (de), ganz (de)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can:
• Hungarian: egészen (hu), teljesen (hu)
• 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
• Latvian: pilnīgi, pilnām

• Norman: compliètement (Jersey)
• Pashto: بېخي‏‎ (ps) (bexi)
• Plautdietsch: gauns
• Polish: zupełnie (pl), totalnie (pl), całkowicie (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)
• Swedish: fullständigt (sv)
• Vietnamese: quá (vi), hẳn (vi)
• Westrobothnian: mol, kav, alldäiles, gor

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} jäägitult
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} बिलकुल (bilkul)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} algerlega
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} omnīnō

• Norman: ^{(please verify)} compliètement (Jersey)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} totalmente (es), ^{(please verify)} enteramente (es)
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} hoàn toàn