completely, adv.
(kəmˈpliːtlɪ)
[f. complete a. + -ly2.]
In a complete manner; fully, perfectly; entirely, wholly, thoroughly.
| 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 67 b, Our labour and seruyce done completely and fulfylled. 1599 Middleton & Rowley Old Law i. i, And yet we two are not completely one. 1712 Budgell Spect. No. 425 ¶3 A Man completly armed. 1766 Goldsm. Vic. W. ii, Miss Arabella Wilmot was allowed by all to be completely pretty. 1862 Ruskin Munera P. (1880) 36 The currency does not completely represent the wealth of the country. |