encyclopedically

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for encyclopedically
Adverb
  • Wearing rubber gloves, use a sponge to spread the mixture all over the bottom of the oven.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Moving out of old tracks to fancy new ones all over the country alienated a large portion of its core constituency.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • Other buildings were seen entirely crumbled on the ground.
    Osmary Hernández, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
  • Rabbitt said investigators believe the deaths occurred entirely inside Steadman's apartment and that, based on the evidence collected so far, there is no indication anyone from outside the family was involved.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 26 June 2026
Adverb
  • The clambake is ready when the clams have fully opened, the potatoes are tender, the broth is bubbling and the sausage is heated through.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Do not try to relight or retrieve fireworks that have not fully ignited.
    Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Adverb
  • Rodríguez said authorities have recorded 862 aftershocks since the main quakes and confirmed that 189 buildings collapsed completely nationwide, the vast majority in La Guaira, the coastal state that suffered the worst destruction.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • The office didn’t completely save records with state archives as required by law.
    Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
Adverb
  • A lot of couples just don’t attend cocktail hour because of photos and that’s totally fine.
    Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s love story will reach new heights this week with a totally low-key two-day wedding bash at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Adverb
  • That power is not wholly spent, nor wholly eclipsed, by anti-democratic forces.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026
  • Which brings us to the second – 20th- and 21st-century – level of Wuthering Heights’ wholly justified fame.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Adverb
  • Preparing skeletal specimens for display in museums or for forensic studies requires the bones to be thoroughly cleaned to remove any remaining flesh or soft tissue.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026
  • Mexico completed a thoroughly impressive 2-0 victory over Ecuador to advance to the last 16.
    Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Adverb
  • The program intends to serve veterans comprehensively and provides wrap-around services to support residents in improving their quality of life and pursuing their life goals.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • Hamas has not been comprehensively defeated and remains in control of much of the Gaza Strip.
    Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2026
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“Encyclopedically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encyclopedically. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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