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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