 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
wholly
adverb: 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" [syn: {entirely}, {completely},
{totally}, {all}, {altogether}, {whole}] [ant: {partially}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wholly \Whol"ly\, adverb
1. In a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely;
perfectly.
Nor wholly overcome, nor wholly yield. --Dryden.
2. To the exclusion of other things; totally; fully.
They employed themselves wholly in domestic life.
--Addison.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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