adv. completely. 1  absolutely. 2  actually. 3  all. 4  all in all. 5  all told. 6  altogether. 7  considerably. 8  entirely. 9  fully. 10  in all respects. 11  in fact. 12  in reality. 13  in toto. 14  in truth. 15  just. 16  largely. 17  perfectly. 18  positively. 19  precisely. 20  purely. 21  really. 22  thoroughly. 23  totally. 24  truly. 25  utterly. 26  well. 27  wholly. 28  without reservation.
The United States acquired the rights to build and operate the Panama Canal during the first years of the 20th century. The Hay-HerrÃ¡n Treaty, negotiated with the nation of Colombia in 1903, allowed the United States rights to the land surrounding the planned canal. The Colombian Senate refused to ratify the treaty, but Panama was in the process of seceding from Colombia.
In 1902, the United States reached an agreement to buy rights to the French canal property and equipment for a sum not to exceed $40 million. The U.S. then began negotiating a Panama treaty with Colombia.The U.S Department of War would direct excavation.n February 1, 1881, driven by patriotic fervor and capitalized by over 100,000 mostly small investors, the French Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interoceanique interocÃ©anique began work on a canal that would cross The colombian isthmus Of panama and unite The atlantic And Pacific. oceans