encyclopedically

adverb

as in all over

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encyclopedically
  1. all over
  2. entirely
  3. fully
  4. completely
  5. totally
  6. wholly
  7. thoroughly
  8. comprehensively
Adverb
  • Wearing rubber gloves, use a sponge to spread the mixture all over the bottom of the oven.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 June 2026
  • Netflix content is all over town this week and later today execs will speak about its anime offering.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 June 2026
Definition of all over
Adverb
  • The streets of central Essen are narrow in the old way, but the buildings are almost entirely postwar.
    — Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Flood control and water management districts are funded almost entirely by property taxes.
    — Steve Geller, Sun Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of entirely
Adverb
  • Accessibility for those with mobility impairments There is wheelchair access in all of the public areas, including the spa and swimming pools, as well as two fully accessible rooms located in Building 2 (the central Bauhaus building).
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Plus, people hosting small gatherings and those who don’t want to tackle a whole turkey can select smaller turkey breasts, or even fully prepared birds that just need to be warmed up.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of fully
Adverb
  • 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
Definition of completely
Adverb
  • For Republicans, the flipping of the House chambers throws GOP leadership into uncertainty and means President Donald Trump‘s agenda in his final two years in power will likely be stymied if not totally derailed.
    — Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
  • And if a bedroom overhaul is in the cards, Saatva’s upholstered Halle storage platform bed offers a discreet place to stash extra bedding totally out of sight.
    — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of totally
Adverb
  • Shrunken atoms might allow researchers to pick up on wholly new physics, such as deviations from Newtonian gravity or the existence of particles beyond the Standard Model.
    — George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Rather than accepting that condition as a sad reality, Jesus witnessed the truth that God made man wholly good, in His likeness, and free to experience that spiritual reality.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of wholly
Adverb
  • Moisture trapped in thick cushions and filling can cause musty odors, so drying the bed thoroughly is essential.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2026
  • One reason Simmons is praised so thoroughly is the character matches the performance.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of thoroughly
Adverb
  • Overall productivity must be calculated comprehensively, evaluating the net output gains against all the industrial subsidies, bad debts, foregone profits, and indirect support for investment that the government has provided.
    — Oliver Melton, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The time required for those steps, when done comprehensively, may be significantly reduced with AI.
    — Maureen Metcalf, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of comprehensively
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