wholly
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English holly, holeliche, holliche (also as halely, hallich, etc.
Pronunciation- (RP) IPA: /ˈhəʊ.li/, [ˈhəʊ.lɪ], /ˈhəʊl.li/, [ˈhɒʊɫ.lɪ]
- (America) IPA: /ˈhoʊ.li/, [ˈhoʊ.li], /ˈhoʊl.li/, [ˈhoʊɫ.li]
wholly (not comparable)
- Completely and entirely; to the fullest extent; (loosely, exaggeratedly) very; to a great extent.
- 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC ↗:
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
- Exclusively and solely.
- A creature wholly given to brawls and wine.
- (to the fullest extent) completely, totally; see also Thesaurus:completely
- (exclusively) entirely, solely; see also Thesaurus:solely
- (antonym(s) of “completely”): partly
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