Completely and Desperately

Completely

Completely adverb - To a full extent or degree.

Desperately and completely are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Desperately" instead an adverb "Completely".

Nearby Words: complete, completion, completeness

Desperately

Desperately adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: all of a sudden everything went desperately wrong

Completely and desperately are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Completely" instead an adverb "Desperately".

Nearby Words: desperate, desperation

Both words in one sentence

  • Mighty Whitey and Mellow Yellow Knives desperately tries to get him back (and was supposedly to end up with him in The Movie) but nothing else really comes of it, as Scott has completely lost interest in her in favor of Ramona.
  • Nightmare Fuel / Film Scott's house, the murdered boy's voice can be heard desperately whispering ... something that was completely inaudible during the scene in which the tape was made.
  • Also, the Usuuthir try desperately to force both sides away from their homeworld, but are completely outnumbered and outgunned.
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