completely

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kəmˈpliːtli/ See IPA manual

Freq #758

Meanings

1

adv
In every way; totally.

He is completely mad.
2

adv
In a thorough way, leaving nothing out.

Please completely fill in the box with a number 2 pencil.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · in every way; totally. totally utterly wholly

2 adv · in a thorough way, leaving... fully

More absolutelyall-outaltogether blindcap-a-piecategoricallydetaillydownright entirely exhaustively finallyflat-out

Opposites

barelyhalf-assedlyhardly incompletely inconsistently moderately partially partly poorly somewhatspottily

Word family

Related forms abundantly comprehensively consistently degree entire entirety everything extensively extent extremely thoroughly total

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Phrases (2)

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Etymology

From complete + -ly.

Topics

Describing Qualities

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# completely

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /kəmˈpliːtli/
**Frequency rank:** 758

## Meanings
1. In every way; totally.
2. In a thorough way, leaving nothing out.

## Examples
- He is completely mad.
- Please completely fill in the box with a number 2 pencil.

## Synonyms
- absolutely
- all-out
- altogether
- blind
- cap-a-pie
- categorically
- detailly
- downright
- entirely
- exhaustively
- finally
- flat-out

## Antonyms
- barely
- half-assedly
- hardly
- incompletely
- inconsistently
- moderately
- partially
- partly
- poorly
- somewhat
- spottily

## Related Forms
- abundantly
- comprehensively
- consistently
- degree
- entire
- entirety
- everything
- extensively
- extent
- extremely
- thoroughly
- total

## Etymology
From complete + -ly.

## AI Etymology
Completely is from complete plus -ly. The suffix -ly recasts complete as an adverb: the lexical idea remains recognizable, but the word now describes manner, degree, or circumstance rather than naming the quality by itself. In use as an adverb, completely denotes in every way; totally and in a thorough way, leaving nothing out. The same word family continues in related entries such as abundantly, comprehensively, consistently, and degree.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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