TAKOBOTO

completely, entirely
I have forgotten about it completely

Your idea differs entirely from mine. [M]

I can't sleep at all!

Fred has very little patience, and it doesn't take to make much for him fly off the handle.

Freddy's been working the graveyard shift the past month, so he hasn't been able [at all] to see any of his friends who work normal hours.

My hands are [completely] numb from the cold.

Her face looks as if she spent the whole night awake.

She entirely believes him

He is not anything of a gentleman.

I haven`t the faintest idea of what she looks like.

まるで plus negative would have the meaning of "entirely" or "totally," but if you use まるで in its original sense, it means "as if" or "just like" or "as it were." これはまるで戦争だ.

bamboo4

Can anyone explain the phrase "呼応の副詞" (of which I believe "まるで" is one example)?

SNC