Completely
Completely adverb - To a full extent or degree.
Nothing but and completely are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nothing but" instead an adverb "Completely".
Nothing but
Completely and nothing but are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Completely" instead an adverb phrase "Nothing but".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- just and completely
- just and nothing but
- all and completely
- all and nothing but
- alone and completely
- alone and nothing but
- only and completely
- only and nothing but
- solely and completely
- solely and nothing but
- wholly and completely
- wholly and nothing but
- entirely and completely
- entirely and nothing but
Both terms in one sentence
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A completely silhouetted girl (later updated to be fully drawn but with an alternate, pastel color scheme) doing nothing but changing poses while the background and camera angle shift around her?
Source: Light Novel / Bakemonogatari - Dream Sequence: Captain Haddock dreams he is listening to an opera singing parrot, while he is seated completely nude in an audience consisting of nothing but fully-dressed parrots.
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Shadow Teddie, for Team Pet, points out Teddie's pretty much nothing but the Team Pet, to the point that he has memories of absolutely nothing else, and his life is completely empty.
Source: Video Game / Persona 4
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