completely

Word parts

complete + -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /kəmˈpliːtli/

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• Hyphenation: com‧plete‧ly

Adverb

Positive completely

Comparative more completely

Superlative most completely

1. When something is completely some quality, it is absolutely that quality, in every way.

   The man was completely honest in his business.

   This is completely different from what people might believe.

   The discovery has given us a completely new way of looking at thing.

Synonyms

• fully
• entirely
• quite
• utterly
• wholly

Related words

• uncompleted
• completion
• completeness
• incomplete
• incompletely