how to pronounce completely

/kəmˈpliːtliː/

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completely is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of completely in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… was this time completely ill-prepared …”

meanings of completely

adverb:

In a complete manner.
To the fullest extent or degree; totally.

completely frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word completely occurs in english on average 177.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics completely can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that completely can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;