2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Entirely \En*tire"ly\, adv
1. In an entire manner; wholly; completely; fully; as the
trace is entirely lost.
Euphrates falls not entirely into the Persian Sea.
--Raleigh.
2. Without alloy or mixture; truly; sincerely.
To highest God entirely pray. --Spenser.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
entirely
adv 1: to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; "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"; (`whole' is often used informally for
`wholly' as in "a whole new idea") [syn: {wholly}, {completely},
{totally}, {all}, {altogether}, {whole}] [ant: {partly}]
2: without any others being included or involved; "was entirely
to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of
problem children"; "he works for Mr Smith exclusively";
"did it solely for money"; "the burden of proof rests on
the prosecution alone"; "a privilege granted only to him"
[syn: {exclusively}, {solely}, {alone}, {only}]
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