Completely vs Completion - What's the difference?
completely | completion |
(manner) In a complete manner; fully; totally; utterly.
* 1851 , (Herman Melville), , Chapter 70,
* 1899 , (Kate Chopin), , Chapter XIX,
* 1969 , E.R. Zumwalt, Jr., ,
(degree) To the fullest extent or degree; totally.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2
, passage=I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.}}
* 1968 June 8, ,
* 1975 , (Helen Schucman), '', Lesson 75: ''The light has come ,
The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=10
, passage=Mr. Cooke had had a sloop?yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.}}
(label) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
(label) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
(label) The space resulting from such an act.
As an adverb completely
is (manner) in a complete manner; fully; totally; utterly.As a noun completion is
the act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.completely
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- It should not have been omitted that previous to completely stripping the body of the leviathan, he was beheaded.
- She completely abandoned her Tuesdays at home, and did not return the visits of those who had called upon her.
- Lieutenant (junior grade) KERRY immediately maneuvered his craft through several strafing runs which completely silenced the enemy.
- Our future may lie beyond our vision, but it is not completely beyond our control.
- Keep a completely open mind, washed of all past ideas and clean of every concept you have made.