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wholly |
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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