different between completely vs abundantly

English

Etymology

complete +? -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?m?pli?tli/
• Hyphenation: com?plete?ly

Adverb

completely (comparative more completely, superlative most completely)

1. (manner) In a complete manner
   • 1969, E.R. Zumwalt, Jr., Silver Star Citation - John Kerry,

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

2. (degree) To the fullest extent or degree; totally.
   • 1968 June 8, Edward M. Kennedy, Tribute to Senator Robert F. Kennedy,

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

   • 1975, Helen Schucman, A Course in Miracles/Workbook for Students, Lesson 75: The light has come,

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

Synonyms

• (in a complete manner): fully, totally, utterly
• (to the fullest degree): fully, totally, utterly
• See also Thesaurus:completely

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English abundantly, abundauntli, habundantly, habundauntliche, equivalent to abundant +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b?n.dn?t.li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?n.dn?t.li/, /??bn?.dn?t.li/

Adverb

abundantly (comparative more abundantly, superlative most abundantly)

1. In an abundant manner; in a sufficient degree; in large measure. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

   Synonyms: fully, amply, plentifully

   • Genesis, I, 20

     And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
2. Extremely.
   • 1980, Claude Emerson Welch, Anatomy of Rebellion

     The explosion, in other words, was unexpected, powerful, and politically diffuse; it vented sharp African frustrations with the colonial situation, but had no readily visible leadership or political goals; it made abundantly obvious the need to speed the pace of self-government

Translations

References

• abundantly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• abundantly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.