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wholly

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Adverb
 : 
whol=ly

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adverbial wholly has 1 sense

  • wholly(r = adv.all) all, altogether, completely, entirely, totally, whole - to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"
  • Antonym: partly

CIDE DICTIONARY

whollyadv. 
  •  In a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely; perfectly.  [1913 Webster]
    "Nor wholly overcome, nor wholly yield."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To the exclusion of other things; totally; fully.  [1913 Webster]
    "They employed themselves wholly in domestic life."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

wholly, adv.
1 entirely; without limitation or diminution (I am wholly at a loss).
2 purely, exclusively (a wholly bad example).

Etymology
ME, f. OE (unrecorded) hallice (as WHOLE, -LY(2))

THESAURUS

wholly

absolutely, across the board, all, all put together, altogether, as a body, as a whole, at large, at length, bodily, collectively, completely, comprehensively, corporately, en bloc, en masse, entirely, exclusively, exhaustively, faultlessly, flawlessly, fully, globally, hundred per cent, ideally, immaculately, impeccably, in a body, in all, in all respects, in bulk, in detail, in extenso, in full, in full measure, in its entirety, in particular, in the aggregate, in the gross, in the lump, in the mass, in toto, inclusively, infallibly, inside out, integrally, irreducibly, just right, largely, merely, minutely, on all counts, one and all, only, outright, particularly, perfectly, purely, roundly, simply, solely, specifically, spotlessly, thoroughly, to the hilt, totally, tout a fait, tout ensemble, unanalyzably, unconditionally, undividedly, unreservedly

ROGET THESAURUS

wholly

Whole

N whole, totality, integrity, totalness, entirety, ensemble, collectiveness, unity, completeness, indivisibility, indiscerptibility, integration, embodiment, integer, all, the whole, total, aggregate, one and all, gross amount, sum, sum total, tout ensemble, length and breadth of, Alpha and Omega, be all and end all, complex, complexus, lock stock and barrel, bulk, mass, lump, tissue, staple, body, compages, trunk, torso, bole, hull, hulk, skeleton greater part, major part, best part, principal part, main part, essential part, lion's share, Benjamin's mess, the long and the short, nearly, all, almost all, whole, total, integral, entire, complete, one, individual, unbroken, intact, uncut, undivided, unsevered, unclipped, uncropped, unshorn, seamless, undiminished, undemolished, undissolved, undestroyed, unbruised, indivisible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indiscerptible, wholesale, sweeping, comprehensive, wholly, altogether, totally, entirely, all, all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together, in the aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the long run, en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily, en bloc, in extenso, throughout, every inch, substantially, tout bien ou rien.

Completeness

N completeness, completion, integration, allness, entirety, perfection, solidity, solidarity, unity, all, ne plus ultra, ideal, limit, complement, supplement, make-weight, filling, up, impletion, saturation, saturity, high water, high tide, flood tide, spring tide, fill, load, bumper, bellyful, brimmer, sufficiency, complete, entire, whole, perfect, full, good, absolute, thorough, plenary, solid, undivided, with all its parts, all- sided, exhaustive, radical, sweeping, thorough-going, dead, regular, consummate, unmitigated, sheer, unqualified, unconditional, free, abundant, brimming, brimful, topful, topfull, chock full, choke full, as full as an egg is of meat, as full as a vetch, saturated, crammed, replete, fraught, laden, full-laden, full-fraught, full-charged, heavy laden, completing, supplemental, supplementary, ascititious, completely, altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite, all out, over head and ears, effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders, neck and heel, neck and crop, in all respects, in every respect, at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes, toto coelo, utterly, clean, clean as a whistle, to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone, hollow, stark, heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground, to the top of one's bent, as far as possible, a outrance, throughout, from first to last, from beginning to end, from end to end, from one end to the other, from Dan to Beersheba, from head to foot, from top to toe, from top to bottom, de fond en comble, a fond, a capite ad calcem, ab ovo usque ad mala, fore and aft, every, whit, every inch, cap-a-pie, to the end of the chapter, up to the brim, up to the ears, up to the eyes, as a as can be, on all accounts, sous tous les rapports, with a vengeance, with a witness, falsus in uno falsus in omnibus, false in one thing, false in everything, omnem movere lapidem, una scopa nuova spazza bene.

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