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
- 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
- absolutely
- abundantly
- all
- all in all
- all the way
- altogether
- amply
- as a rule
- assiduously
- broadly
- by and large
- carefully
- chiefly
- commodiously
- commonly
- competently
- completely
- comprehensively
- conclusively
- conscientiously
- considerably
- consummately
- copiously
- customarily
- earnestly
- effectively
- efficiently
- en masse
- endlessly
- enough
- entirely
- exactly
- exceedingly
- exceptionally
- exclusively
- exhaustively
- expansively
- extensively
- extravagantly
- extremely
- finally
- flat out
- from A to Z
- from beginning to end
- from top to bottom
- full blast
- fully
- generally
- generously
- grandly
- hard
- heart and soul
- highly
- hook line and sinker
- hugely
- immoderately
- imposingly
- in a big way
- in a grand manner
- in all
- in and out
- in detail
- in entirety
- in every respect
- in full
- in toto
- inside out
- intensely
- intensively
- just
- lavishly
- liberally
- magnificently
- mainly
- meticulously
- mostly
- notably
- on a large scale
- on all counts
- one-hundred percent
- outright
- overall
- painstakingly
- perfectly
- plentifully
- popularly
- predominantly
- prevailingly
- primarily
- principally
- prodigally
- prodigiously
- quite
- remarkably
- roundly
- satisfactorily
- scrupulously
- solidly
- strikingly
- sweepingly
- thoroughly
- through and through
- throughout
- to the end
- to the limit
- to the max
- to the nth degree
- top to bottom
- totally
- ultimately
- unabridged
- unanimously
- unconditionally
- undividedly
- universally
- unmitigatedly
- unremittingly
- up and down
- utterly
- very
- voluminously
- well
- whole hog
- wholeheartedly
- wholly
- widely
- without omission
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