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  1. In a complete manner; fully; perfectly; entirely; wholly; totally; utterly; thoroughly; quite: as, to be completely mistaken; “completely witty,” Swift. Completely shiftless was thy native plight. J. Beaumont, Psyche, xix. 5. By successive crosses one species may be made to absorb completely another, and so it notoriously is with races. Darwin, Var. of Animals and Plants, p. 406.

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  • The one who is lying down must relax completely, and think of whoever he usually dreams about at night. —  XXXX
  • After fifty steps I turned around and noticed that the mists had swallowed up the scene of the battle completely, although I could readily tell the direction in which it lay by the confused murmur of the feasters. —  Wonder Stories Quarterly Summer 1932
  • Delia's gaze rested on the floor, her expression completely neutral Here is my granddaughter, in her mid-twenties, thought Danton. —  AnalogSFF,Jan/Feb2004
  • So completely were the enemy deceived by this step, that the squadron sailed along the coast of Java, and anchored on the 27th in Batavia Road, before its character was suspected. —  The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth
  • And we must crush them, completely, and prove to the Enemy that such raids will do naught but to drain his own blood. —  Rachel Lee - Shadows of Destiny
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