Antonyms for comprehensively

Grammar : Adv

Spell : kom-pri-hen-siv

Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn sɪv

Definition of comprehensively

Origin : "containing much," 1610s, from French comprehénsif, from Late Latin comprehensivus, from comprehens-, past participle stem of Latin comprehendere (see comprehend). Related: Comprehensively (mid-15c.); comprehensiveness.

As in largely : adv to a great extent
As in thoroughly : adv exhaustively
As in totally : adv completely
As in wholly : adv completely, entirely
As in backwards and forwards : adv in detail
As in universally : adv generally
As in widely : adv extensively
As in exhaustively : adv thoroughly
As in intensively : adv completely
As in completely : adv entirely
As in fully : adv sufficiently, adequately

Example sentences :

She answered Eugene Snow's every question unhesitatingly and comprehensively.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Disko removed his cigar and waved it comprehensively round the cabin.
Extract from : « "Captains Courageous" » by Rudyard Kipling

He waved an arm, comprehensively taking in the whole countryside.
Extract from : « The Watchers of the Plains » by Ridgewell Cullum

Andrew's face also was full, but rather in places than comprehensively.
Extract from : « The Prodigal Father » by J. Storer Clouston

"I am afraid of marrying on any means," she says, comprehensively.
Extract from : « Red as a Rose is She » by Rhoda Broughton

No other book in English has surveyed the whole field so comprehensively.
Extract from : « Franz Liszt » by James Huneker

Scharfenstein and von Mitter looked at each other comprehensively.
Extract from : « The Puppet Crown » by Harold MacGrath

Few are so thoroughly and comprehensively educated as Thomas Ashley.
Extract from : « Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles » by Mrs. Henry Wood

A man to be greatly good,' said Shelley, 'must imagine intensely and comprehensively.'
Extract from : « Atlantic Classics » by Various

"And you have seen so many," murmured the other comprehensively.
Extract from : « The Song of the Wolf » by Frank Mayer

Synonyms for comprehensively

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