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 findings bring an entirely new class of personalized cancer medicine a step closer to reality.
    — Mike McRae October 25, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Throughout the property, interiors are dressed with upscale furniture and neutral colors, with shades of brown, gray, and cream, calling back to the surrounding nature and ensuring that your focus remains entirely on the great outdoors.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of entirely
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
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
  • 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
Definition of totally
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
Definition of wholly
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
Definition of thoroughly
Adverb
  • Africa has around 2,000 languages but very few are represented comprehensively in AI models, said academics on The Conversation.
    — Will Barker, TheWeek, 22 Oct. 2026
  • On Wednesday, the mood was gleefully electric as Atlanta comprehensively dismantled their opponents to take control of the series.
    — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of comprehensively
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