completely

English

Etymology

From complete +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kəmˈpliːtli/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: com‧plete‧ly

Adverb

completely (comparative more completely, superlative most completely)

(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.
(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
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)
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)
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)
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 (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
Swedish: fullständigt (sv)
Ukrainian: зо́всім (zóvsim)
Vietnamese: quá (vi), hẳn (vi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Estonian: ^{(please verify)} jäägitult
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} बिलकुल (hi) (bilkul)
Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} algerlega
Latin: ^{(please verify)} omnīnō
Norman: ^{(please verify)} compliètement (Jersey)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} totalmente (es), ^{(please verify)} enteramente (es)
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} hoàn toàn (vi)

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