2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wholly \Whol"ly\, adv
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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
wholly
adv : 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: {entirely}, {completely},
{totally}, {all}, {altogether}, {whole}] [ant: {partly}]
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