Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: wholly
IPA transcription: [h'oʊli]
Pronunciations of wholly
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r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • I speak wholly without authority
  • He spoke wholly without animosity.
  • "For a hideous and wholly unprovoked crime.
  • It rests solely, wholly, and entirely with you.'
  • He was defeated almost wholly by the women's votes.
  • Only what is finished, completed, is wholly assured.
  • By rigid self-discipline, he had wholly mastered himself.
  • But their troubles for the night were not wholly over yet.
  • What avails recrimination over matters wholly past recall?
  • The law-suit, therefore, I wholly and absolutely disapprove.
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