completely

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Recent Examples of completely Metz always saw it as an amazing tool and biological specimen that had just been completely ignored. — Fiorella Valdesolo, Allure, 30 Oct. 2026 The werewolf’s victims reappear in hallucinations completely drenched in blood, while the hugely likable Griffin Dunne exits in spectacular fashion, totally ripped to shreds. — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026 Then the reviews, of course, completely dismissed me as being like some old dumb blonde thing. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2026 Statesmen and legislators, standing so completely within the institution, never distinctly and nakedly behold it. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026 In the winter, this is one-horse town completely transforms into a mecca for serious backcountry skiers. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026 The book is about one shift during which my assumptions about two different patients were proven completely wrong. — Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026 Transfer to an airtight container (do not cover yet) and let cool completely. — Rachel Gurjar, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026 The harsh artificial lighting completely shattered the otherworldly atmosphere, robbing us of our chance to experience totality's eerie darkness. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for completely
Adverb
  • But during a 136-129 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday reinforced that even one of the best offensive backcourts in the league can‘t totally compensate for a championship-winning defense.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • That’s a highly capital-intensive approach that, judging by its tiny capital spending so far, is totally new.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Police arrested him again in April 2023 and started combing through the forest more systematically and exhuming mass graves.
    — Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The Embodied Neurocomputation Framework treats this as an engineering problem, systematically optimizing information entering the neural network.
    — Mike McRae October 19, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • More retreat than resort, the 17-room lodge leans into its eco-conscious cred, maximizing the natural beauty of the surroundings and bringing those elements indoors to create a fully restorative experience.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Bocken says the long-term ambition is to go fully autonomous.
    — Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • But an intravenous dose reaches the bloodstream more thoroughly.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The character was so thoroughly developed that Yerou and her team could hit the ground running on a marketing campaign.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Comparing the administration's fight to protect women and women's spaces from males to rape, is utterly disgusting and actually devalues those atrocities and crimes against actual women.
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Humanity has become an Earth-System force in the most utterly literal way—by moving a lot of earth.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Brian Schottenheimer wasn’t quite defeated at his press conference last Monday after the 23-13 loss to Green Bay, but the head coach realized how low the morale was around the building.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The savory vol-au-vent with pear and onion jam, tart tamarind and pecorino cheese is ambitious, but the pastry itself was a bit heavy, the layers not quite flaky enough for the abundant stuffing.
    — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Smith-Njigba positioned his body perfectly for the catch at the goal line.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Pembrolizumab perfectly complements this bounty hunter approach.
    — Mike McRae October 25, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Much of Modi’s comedy centers on differences between various kinds of Jews, a friction that elicits knowing laughters from his (largely, but not wholly) Jewish audience.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The men who promoted the Red Scare would never accept anyone who was half Chinese as a wholly loyal American.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

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“Completely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/completely. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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