completely

«completely» in Mova's school dictionary: fully, totally, with nothing left out — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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

• 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.