completely

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Recent Examples of completely Rooms Splayed across the cliff front and dense, thrumming jungle at the southwestern tip of Bali, the 37 villas that make up the property as of 2026 are each completely unique in design, character and art. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026 Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders reacted by condemning the warrants as completely unjustified and a clear proof of the United Nations’ antisemitism. — Brian Duignan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026 Ultimately Kane came to appreciate that the two versions were completely different tonal experiences. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026 After about 15 minutes, they were burnt all over and completely deflated, their insides softened to a smushable pulp. — Cooking Editor, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 Allow to cool in the pan for 20 minutes, then turn the cake out onto a plate and reinvert onto a wire rack or platter to cool completely before frosting, about 90 minutes. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 Most of them were in emergency shelters or transitional housing; 126 people were completely unsheltered. — Mark Dee october 8, Idaho Statesman, 8 Oct. 2026 The video suggests players will be able to play through GTA VI with their characters completely unclothed. — Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026 That amount may be completely unrealistic for many people, especially someone with a neurological disorder like Parkinson’s. — Jennifer Fields, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for completely
Adverb
  • Classes were totally or partially suspended on Tuesday at 891 schools, according to the Education Ministry.
    — NICOLAS GARRIGA, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Us Weekly, which used to be a quasi-People magazine and very friendly, turned into something totally different and gossipy.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • This type of structured risk assessment is already extensively used in industry through HAZOP reviews, where potential deviations, causes, consequences and safeguards are systematically examined before a process is put into operation.
    — Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Israel and the United States have hit thousands of Iranian targets, systematically destroying much of the country’s military infrastructure and killing many of its top leaders.
    — Justin Bronk, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • There is a lot of debate around in-person, hybrid and fully remote work.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Omelchenko appreciates the study authors’ ability to translate math to real life but notes that fully evaluating the possibilities of new stitches by using torus diagrams would be impractically expensive to compute.
    — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Moore plays Mona, a meek, thoroughly unseen wife and mother who impulsively decides to audition for a community theater musical despite having no experience.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
  • On that note, another common mistake is not rinsing hair conditioner thoroughly enough once you’re done.
    — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 10 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Rather than eliding them, Carson ends up bringing attention to these absences – an utterly distinctive choice.
    — Amy Cannon, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026
  • But the quality remains extremely uneven—mathematicians are finding some papers readable and others utterly nonsensical.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • The press release probably didn’t need to also say the company imbued it with distinctive character or charm; that’s quite obvious from the design.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Nothing, however, has lived on quite like his appreciation for the mundane.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • On a blistering surprise EP, Deafheaven find the vicious attack and grandiose drama of symphonic black metal perfectly suited to their purposes.
    — Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The Row’s perfectly balanced, Midas-touch accessories, to serve you a lifetime and beyond.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • There’s no winking at the audience, no sense of camp or parody, just a lot of appealing interactions, plus some wholly superfluous tertiary plots added to expand the story to series length.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Buck and Aikman made the leap from Fox in 2022, and while Bristol was nimble in hashing out a new deal with the lead mic, the color analyst’s contract is (obviously) a wholly separate issue.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Completely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/completely. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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