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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

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



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wholly \Whol"ly\, adv.
   1. In a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely;
      perfectly.
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            Nor wholly overcome, nor wholly yield. --Dryden.
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   2. To the exclusion of other things; totally; fully.
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            They employed themselves wholly in domestic life.
                                                  --Addison.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

wholly
    adv 1: 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: wholly, entirely, completely, totally,
           all, altogether, whole] [ant: part, partially,
           partly]