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In a complete manner; fully.

In an incomplete manner.

Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient. Beaus adept in everything profound. Cowper.

All; wholly; completely; as, almighty,almost. (b) Etym: [L. ad.]

Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. "And cheeks all pale." Byron.

Without exception; wholly; completely. Every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Ps. xxxix. 5.

beak, talons, etc; -- said of beasts and birds of prey. Armed at all points (Blazoning), completely incased in armor, sometimes described as armed cap-à-pie. Cussans. -- Armed en flute. (Naut.) See under Flute. -- Armed magnet, a magnet provided with an armature. -- Armed neutrality. See under Neutrality.…

rue. Cowper. The order and balance of the country were destroyed. Buckle. English workmen completely lose their balance. J. S. Mill.

In respect to, or so as to affect, the entire body or mass; entirely; all at once; completely; as, to carry away bodily. "Leapt bodily below." Lowell.

Full to the brim; completely full; ready to overflow. "Her brimful eyes." Dryden.

ed as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic.

To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart. To checkmate and control my just demands. Ford.

To sail completely round. Having circumnavigated the whole earth. T. Fuller.

To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance.

In a conscientious manner; as a matter of conscience; hence; faithfully; accurately; completely.

In a consummate manner; completely. T. Warton.

To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue completely; to mortify. They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. Gal. v. 24.

umb brush, a brush for sweeping crumbs from a table. -- To a crum, with great exactness; completely.

To overcome completely; to subdue totally. Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels. Sir. W. Scott. To crush a cup, to drink. [Obs.] -- To crush out. (a) To force out or separate by pressure, as juice from grapes. (b) To overcome or destroy completely; to suppress.

To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly. [Colloq.] I was tired of reading, and dead sleepy. Dickens. Dead drunk, so drunk as to be unconscious.