different between completely vs largely

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

large +? -ly

Pronunciation

• enPR: lärj?-li, IPA^(key): /?l??d?li/
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): [?la?d?.li]
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [?l??d?.li]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [?l??d?.li]
• Hyphenation: large?ly

Adverb

largely (comparative largelier or more largely, superlative largeliest or most largely)

1. In a widespread or large manner.
2. For the most part; mainly or chiefly.

3. On a large scale; amply.
   • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 2

     Usually there was a jug of one or other decoction standing on the hob, from which he drank largely.

     "Grand!" he said, smacking his lips after wormwood. "Grand!" And he exhorted the children to try.

4. (obsolete) Fully, at great length.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ii:

     It ill beseemes a knight of gentle sort, / Such as ye haue him boasted, to beguile / A simple mayd, and worke so haynous tort, / In shame of knighthood, as I largely can report.

Synonyms

• (in a large manner):
• (for the most part): by and large, for the most part, in the main; see also Thesaurus:mostly
• (on a large scale): abundantly, fully, plentifully
• (at great length): at length

Translations

Anagrams

• allergy, gallery, regally