ENCYCLOPEDICALLY Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

encyclopedically

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as in all over

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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

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However, what’s entirely unexpected is the sparrow continuing to fly around even when Hal takes his ring back.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
Locals say that the theater used to be visible from the road below, but today it is covered entirely by thick undergrowth.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of entirely

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Anthropic wanted assurance that its technology would not be used for fully autonomous weapons or domestic mass surveillance, and the DOD wanted Anthropic to grant the agency unfettered access to Claude across all lawful purposes.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
But then Anton brings up the idea of Talia and Brooke using him as their sperm donor and Talia fully cracks up.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of fully

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There are new bargains to discover, players whose prices might be completely wrong and plenty of uncertainty about which teams and players are going to emerge as the best options.

— Holly Shand, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Every episode of a show needs to be completely produced and dubbed or subtitled into dozens of languages before any episode can debut.

— Josef Adalian, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of completely

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While New York’s mayor seems wholly devoted to that single watch, El-Sayed has been curating a watch collection that blends sporty styles and dress pieces.

— Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
According to Downs’ report, Adanse LLC, wholly owned by Espinosa, received $20,000.

— Sara-James Ranta, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of wholly

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Hull City Hull City 2 Manchester United 0 This wasn’t in the script — Manchester United comprehensively beaten by everyone’s favourites to go down and Oli McBurnie, Hull’s bearded genius, running the show.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
As growth continues expanding south of Orlando, communities have the chance to be planned comprehensively rather than pieced together over time.

— Justin Onorato, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026

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