completely

English

Etymology

From complete +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəmˈpliːtli/

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• Hyphenation: com‧plete‧ly

Adverb

completely (comparative more completely, superlative most completely)

1. (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.

2. (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:

     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

• (in a complete manner): fully, totally, utterly
• (to the fullest degree): fully, totally, utterly
• See also Thesaurus:completely

Derived terms

• completely metrizable

Translations

in a complete manner

Albanian: krejtësisht (sq) Arabic: تَمَامًا (tamāman) Armenian: ամբողջովին (hy) (amboġǰovin) 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 / 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: täielikult, täiesti (et) Finnish: täysin (fi), kokonaan (fi), tyystin (fi), tyyten, tykkänään (fi) French: complètement (fr) Galician: completamente (gl) Georgian: მთლიანად (mtlianad), სრულად (srulad) German: vollständig (de), völlig (de), ganz (de) Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉 (allandjō) Greek: Ancient: πάντως (pántōs), παντελῶς (pantelôs), ὅλως (hólōs), τελείως (teleíōs) Hebrew: לגמרי (he) (le'gamre'), לחלוטין (lakhalutín) Hindi: बिलकुल (hi) (bilkul), एकदम (ekdam) 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) Khiamniungan Naga: thǖpēm 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 Mongolian: бүрмөсөн (mn) (bürmösön) Norman: compliètement (Jersey) Occitan: completament Pashto: بېخي (ps) (bexi) Plautdietsch: gauns Polish: całkowicie (pl), w całości, bezdennie (when collocating with "głupi" (stupid)), bezwzględnie (pl) 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), enteramente (es), totalmente (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 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 Belarusian: зусім (zusim), цалкам (calkam), ушчэнт (uščent) 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) Esperanto: tute (eo) Finnish: täysin (fi), täydellisen (fi) 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) Ingrian: aivan, aivon 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 (ja) (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, plenamente (es) Swedish: fullständigt (sv) Ukrainian: зо́всім (zóvsim) Vietnamese: quá (vi), hẳn (vi)

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Estonian: (please verify) jäägitult Hindi: (please verify) बिलकुल (hi) (bilkul) Icelandic: (please verify) algerlega Latin: (please verify) omnīnō Norman: (please verify) compliètement (Jersey) Vietnamese: (please verify) hoàn toàn (vi)