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UK
/kəmplˈiːtli/
]
[ 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Brick with blurred colors or flecks of color in earthy tones of red, brown, black and buff appear completely at home in a rustic setting.
- Subtitling is managed both neatly and completely, except in the concerted passages.
- I feel the whole practice of gazumping completely unfair and underhand.
- Pressure has been intensified by a number of high-profile libel cases and a growing realisation the legal costs in such cases are completely ruinous.
- 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.