Completely and Nothing but

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".

Nearby Words: complete, completion, completeness

Nothing but

Definitions of Completely not found.

Completely and nothing but are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Completely" instead an adverb phrase "Nothing but".

Both terms in one sentence

  • Light Novel / Bakemonogatari 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?
  • 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.
  • Video Game / Persona 4 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.
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