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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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