dry completely vs dry well

Both "dry completely" and "dry well" are correct phrases, but they are used in slightly different contexts. "Dry completely" emphasizes the thoroughness of the drying process, indicating that something is completely free of moisture. On the other hand, "dry well" suggests that something has dried effectively or satisfactorily, without necessarily implying total absence of moisture.

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dry completely

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to emphasize that something has been dried thoroughly and completely, with no remaining moisture.

Examples:

Make sure the clothes dry completely before you put them away.
The paint needs to dry completely before you can touch it.
The dishes must be dry completely before you put them back in the cupboard.

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Let them dry completely before you use them again.
Wipe the application site with a standard alcohol swab and allow the skin to dry completely before applying the IONSYS system.
The application site should be wiped with a standard alcohol swab, the skin allowed to dry completely before the IONSYS system is applied.
Allow the parts to dry completely prior to reassembly.
Let the syringe dry completely before you use that syringe for dosing.
According to the bank, you're completely dry.
But the field was completely dry when I closed him up.
The skin must be completely dry before applying the patch.
The blood at the scene of the accident was completely dry.
Furthermore, one of the next phases of construction work requires the complete draining of the dam, which will cause the Cañones del Sil to dry up completely.
These climatic conditions mean that the figs dry almost completely on the branch, making them of higher quality than dried figs obtained from the same variety or similar varieties grown in other geographical areas.
In the morning, the fountain was always completely dry like it never happened, but...
Before applying Protopic after a bath or shower, be sure your skin is completely dry.
MARQUEZ: On the warm-up lap, the track was completely dry.
I had it completely dry cleaned.
No, I'm completely dry.
A guy named Bruce Rosner looked at the tardigrade - which dries out completely, and yet stays alive for months and months and months, and is able to regenerate itself.
Can I say to her that the mechanisms that we are going to introduce of strategic planning and programming facilitated by activity-based management may sound to be immensely dry and completely bereft of any idealism.
Christmas of 2008, we drank the bar of a small hotel in Copenhagen completely dry, just the two of us, toasting his retirement.
The cheese contains a minimum of 40 grams of dry matter per 100 grams of cheese and 40 grams of fat per 100 grams of cheese when completely dry.

Alternatives:

completely dry
fully dry
thoroughly dry
totally dry
dry out completely

dry well

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something has dried effectively or satisfactorily, without necessarily implying total absence of moisture.