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UK
/kəmplˈiːtli/
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[ US /kəmˈpɫitɫi/ ]
[ US /kəmˈpɫitɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
so as to be complete; with everything necessary
the apartment was completely furnished
he had filled out the form completely -
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
he was wholly convinced
the directions were all wrong
she felt right at home
it was not altogether her fault
an altogether new approach
he fell right into the trap
entirely satisfied with the meal
a whole new idea
it was completely different from what we expected
a totally new situation
was completely at fault
How To Use completely In A Sentence
- Our economy is unbalanced, money is in excess supply, and its circulation is completely divorced from the circulation of goods. Inside Perestroika: The Future of the Soviet Economy
- It will definitely take a lot more tweaking to get me completely happy with it.
- Check from time to time that the liquid has not completely evaporated - there should be just enough left to make a bit of a sauce with.
- The same signary was also used in the early historical period to write Greek; by the end of the third century B.C., Greek alphabetic writing had almost completely supplanted the native script.
- It's soundproof and completely dark, and I go in there for a couple of hours at a time, You don't realize how much stress you carry around in your muscles and tissue until you lie in this completely buoyant environment.
- Service providers haven't completely snapped their wallets shut, but the emphasis for the near-term will be on controlled spending as they look for ways to grow revenues.
- The record was, I think, called Peace, a heart-warming exhortation for world leaders to avoid war – although many of them, unbelievably, have completely ignored the doughty cloggers' message in the intervening years. Which footballers have produced their own food and drink?
- In a matter of hours, the Bay area was completely depleted of pumps, splashboards and self-bailers.
- Matters went on pretty well with us until my master was seized with a severe fit of illness, in consequence of which his literary scheme was completely defeated, and his condition in life materially injured; of course, the glad tones of encouragement which I had been accustomed to hear were changed into expressions of condolence, and sometimes assurances of unabated friendship; but then it must be remembered that I, the handsomest blue coat, was _still in good condition_, and it will perhaps appear, that if I were not my master's The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 262, July 7, 1827
- But although there was a scare with my first sample being clear, as we'd only just arrived, my second proved that I, along with the entire Sunday Herald table, was completely ratted and therefore allowed to keep the trophy.