completely

English

Etymology

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.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
  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

Translations

in a complete manner

Arabic: تَمَامًا‎ (tamāman)
Armenian: ամբողջովին (hy) (ambołǰovin)
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 (zh), 彻底 (zh) (chèdǐ), 十分 (zh) (shífēn), 全部地 (quánbùde)
Czech: zcela (cs)
Dutch: compleet (nl), volledig (nl), volkomen (nl)
Esperanto: komplete
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: täysin (fi), kokonaan (fi), tyystin (fi), tyyten, tykkänään
French: complètement (fr)
Georgian: მთლიანად (mtlianad), სრულად (srulad)
German: vollständig (de), völlig (de), ganz (de)
Greek:
Ancient: πάντως (pántōs), παντελῶς (pantelôs), ὅλως (hólōs)
Hebrew: לגמרי‎ (he) (le'gamre')
Hindi: बिलकुल (hi) (bilkul)
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)
Khmer: ស្រុង (km) (srong)

Korean: 완전히 (ko) (wanjeonhi)
Krio: kpatakpata
Kurdish:
Sorani: به‌ ته‌واوی‎ (ku) (be tewawi), به‌ یه‌کجاری‎ (ku) (be yekcari)
Latin: admodum
Latvian: pilnīgi, pilnām
Norman: compliètement (Jersey)
Pashto: بېخي‎ (ps) (bexi)
Polish: całkowicie (pl), w całości
Portuguese: completamente (pt), totalmente (pt)
Romanian: complet (ro), completamente (ro)
Russian: соверше́нно (ru) (soveršénno), целико́м (ru) (celikóm), по́лностью (ru) (pólnostʹju), совсе́м (ru) (sovsém)
Scottish Gaelic: gu lèir
Slovene: popôlnoma
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: ceło
Spanish: completamente (es)
Swedish: fullständigt (sv)
Turkish: tamamen (tr)
Ukrainian: по́вністю (póvnistju), цілко́м (uk) (cilkóm), зо́всім (zóvsim)
Vietnamese: hoàn toàn (vi)
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
Westrobothnian: all
Zazaki: temamen

to the fullest extent or degree

Arabic: please add this translation if you can:
Armenian: կատարելապես (hy) (katarelapes), լրիվ (hy) (lriv)
Azerbaijani: tam şəkildə, tamamilə, bütünlüklə, tam sürətdə
Catalan: totalment (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 十分 (zh) (shífēn), ...極了, ...极了 (jí le), ...死了 (sǐ le)
Dutch: helemaal (nl)
Finnish: täysin (fi), täydellisen
French: complètement (fr)
German: vollumfänglich (de), ganz (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἄρδην (árdēn)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can:
Hungarian: egészen (hu), teljesen (hu)
Icelandic: aldeilis (is)
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)
Pashto: بېخي‎ (ps) (bexi)
Plautdietsch: gauns
Polish: zupełnie (pl), totalnie (pl), całkowicie (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
Swedish: fullständigt (sv)
Ukrainian: зо́всім (zóvsim)
Vietnamese: quá (vi), hẳn (vi)
Westrobothnian: mol, kav, alldäiles, gor

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. 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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