ENCYCLOPEDICALLY Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

encyclopedically

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as in all over

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Wearing rubber gloves, use a sponge to spread the mixture all over the bottom of the oven.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 June 2026
Netflix content is all over town this week and later today execs will speak about its anime offering.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 June 2026

Definition of all over

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Returning raiding parties had to hand over their Thompson sub-machine guns to the outgoing lot and the usual backup sidearms were missing entirely.

— David Szondy August 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026
Hasty said the leaders doing the hardest, smartest work often get missed entirely, because their skill shows up in decision quality, not the final score.

— Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of entirely

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Anthropic wanted assurance that its technology would not be used for fully autonomous weapons or domestic mass surveillance, and the DOD wanted Anthropic to grant the agency unfettered access to Claude across all lawful purposes.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
But then Anton brings up the idea of Talia and Brooke using him as their sperm donor and Talia fully cracks up.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

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Russian forces have long targeted the strategic cities of Kostyantynivka, Kramatorsk and Sloviansk as part of a push to completely capture the Donetsk Oblast, one of the Kremlin’s key objectives in the conflict.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which was directed by Robert Zemeckis with animation overseen by Richard Williams, takes every aspect of itself, even the zany silliness of cartoons, completely seriously, while never losing sight of the fun.

— James Grebey, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of completely

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Billie is a pro at this by now, which extends to wingman-ing, but Issa totally lost her skills after being out of the game so long.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
In reality, Young came up with a totally different concept for the tour shortly before rehearsals began.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of totally

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Within the oeuvre of the Muppets’ cinematic and televisual work, Miss Piggy hasn’t ever wholly been a punch line — her image is too dexterous for that.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
As rookies in 2022, Mike LaFleur was a first-time play caller from the Kyle Shanahan tree devoted wholly to his scheme.

— Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of wholly

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Hull City Hull City 2 Manchester United 0 This wasn’t in the script — Manchester United comprehensively beaten by everyone’s favourites to go down and Oli McBurnie, Hull’s bearded genius, running the show.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
As growth continues expanding south of Orlando, communities have the chance to be planned comprehensively rather than pieced together over time.

— Justin Onorato, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026

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