completely
part of speech
adverb (completely)
meaning for a pupil
1) Completely means fully, totally, with nothing left out. A completely full glass has no room for more. tree →
2) It makes a word stronger: completely different, completely right. tree →
sense in the lessons
maths: says something is all done, all full or all used, so the whole amount counts («completely full» gives the total capacity); filling and emptying problems; everyday life: completely wet, completely forgot; science: the ice melted completely
examples
- Our author endeavors to show the gradual emanation of all things from God, which were completely finished in ten spheres. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- The tank is completely full with 40 liters. tree →
- She completely ate 3 pizzas. tree →
- The wall is completely painted after 5 hours. tree →
- How long until the pool is completely filled? tree →
- I completely forgot my homework. tree →
- The snow melted completely by noon. tree →
- The two pictures are completely different. tree →
- He was completely soaked by the rain. tree →
- The whole church was completely buried in sand. tree →
note
Means the whole amount: «completely full» gives the total capacity. Trap: in filling problems, «until completely full» asks for the time to reach the total, not the amount already in.
In the corpora
- The black mask round a raccoon's eyes may reduce glare and help it see at night, though scientists are not completely sure.
- The domestic silk moth cannot fly properly and no longer lives in the wild; it depends on people completely.
- The great hall, the glass table and the little door have "vanished completely".
- The Mole digs at the water, misses it completely, flips over onto the Rat, grabs the side — and Sploosh!
- He'll be the most converted Toad that ever was». (Convert = change someone's mind completely.)
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «completely» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.