Adverb

(en adverb)

(manner) In a complete manner; fully; totally; utterly.

* 1851 , (Herman Melville), , Chapter 70,

It should not have been omitted that previous to completely stripping the body of the leviathan, he was beheaded.

* 1899 , (Kate Chopin), , Chapter XIX,

She completely abandoned her Tuesdays at home, and did not return the visits of those who had called upon her.

* 1969 , E.R. Zumwalt, Jr., ,

Lieutenant (junior grade) KERRY immediately maneuvered his craft through several strafing runs which completely silenced the enemy.

(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, ,

Our future may lie beyond our vision, but it is not completely beyond our control.

* 1975 , (Helen Schucman), '', Lesson 75: ''The light has come ,

Keep a completely open mind, washed of all past ideas and clean of every concept you have made.

Adverb

(en adverb)

(archaic) copiously; plentifully; in abundance.

* {{quote-book, year=1919, author=Nixon Waterman, title=The Girl Wanted, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=He who is plenteously provided for from within, needs but little from without. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1831, author=Ludwig Tieck, title=The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=The old woman ate greedily, and drank still more plenteously of the sweet wine. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1838, author=J. Endell Tyler, title=Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=My liege Lord, my full trust is that ye will have consideration, though that my person be of no value, your high goodness, where God hath set you in so high estate to every liege man that to you longeth plenteously to give grace, that you like to accept this mine simple request for the love of Our Lady and the blissful Holy Ghost, to whom I pray that they might your heart induce to all pity and grace for their high goodness. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1742, author=Samuel Johnson, title=The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol. 6, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=What was the effect of his widow's dedication to Cecil, is not known: it may be hoped that Ascham's works obtained for his family, after his decease, that support which he did not, in his life, very plenteously procure them. }}