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COMPLETELY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent ('whole' is often used informally for 'wholly')

Example:

he fell right into the trap

Synonyms:

all; altogether; completely; entirely; right; totally; whole; wholly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

complete (having every necessary or normal part or component or step)

Sense 2

Meaning:

So as to be complete; with everything necessary

Example:

the apartment was completely furnished

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

complete (having every necessary or normal part or component or step)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Before the evening was half over, Jo felt so completely disillusioned, that she sat down in a corner to recover herself.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Only the year before, however, there had been a terrific earthquake, and the upper end of the tunnel had fallen in and completely disappeared.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They began to talk; their conversation eased me completely: frivolous, mercenary, heartless, and senseless, it was rather calculated to weary than enrage a listener.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Oh, indeed! You seem to have done the thing very completely. I must compliment you.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He is completely immersed in large public questions, and is rather inaccessible to all ordinary emotions.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Fourteen boats require a considerable spread of ocean for comfortable hunting, and when she had completely lapped our line she continued steaming into the north-east, dropping more boats as she went.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It had snowed during the night and he was completely buried.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

We looked at the inflammatory reactions of 20 volunteers at 0, 3 and 6 hours after eating a standardized meal containing 38 percent fat and their responses were completely unique.

(Humans More Unique than Expected When It Comes to Digesting Fatty Meals, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Like Earth's moon, Mimas takes the same amount of time to spin completely around on its axis as it takes to orbit its planet.

(Saturn Moon May Hide a 'Fossil' Core or an Ocean, NASA)

If it is completely removed, the prognosis is excellent.

(Nasopharyngeal Papillary Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)