What does entirely mean?

Definitions for entirely
ɛnˈtaɪər lien·tire·ly

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word entirely.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, wholeadverb

    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"

  2. entirely, exclusively, solely, alone, onlyadverb

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. entirelyadverb

    to the full or entire extent.

  2. entirelyadverb

    to the exclusion of others.

    This part of the park is used entirely by the workers, everyone else will have to go to the other side.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Entirelyadverb

    Etymology: from entire.

    Euphrates, running, sinketh partly into the lakes of Chaldea, and falls not entirely into the Persian sea. Walter Raleigh, History.

    Here finish’d he, and all that he had made
    View’d, and beheld! all was entirely good. John Milton, Par. Lost.

    Chyle may be said to be a vegetable juice in the stomach and intestines; and, poured upon blood, it seems like oil: as it passeth into the lacteals it grows still more animal, and when it has circulated often with the blood, it is entirely so. Arbuth.

    General consent entirely altered the whole frame of their government. Jonathan Swift.

    Which when his pensive lady saw from far,
    Great woe and sorrow did her soul assay,
    As weening that the sad end of the war,
    And ’gan to highest God entirely pray. Fairy Queen, b. i.

ChatGPT

  1. entirely

    Entirely refers to being wholly or fully; completely or thoroughly. It signifies the total inclusion or exclusion of something without any reservations or exceptions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Entirelyadverb

    in an entire manner; wholly; completely; fully; as, the trace is entirely lost

  2. Entirelyadverb

    without alloy or mixture; truly; sincerely

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'entirely' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1531

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'entirely' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1634

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'entirely' in Adverbs Frequency: #138

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of entirely in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of entirely in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of entirely in a Sentence

  1. Sheila Baker Gujral in Maplewood:

    I was talking to this girl and asked how her parents were doing about her leaving, she said, 'They don't mind living on the East Coast or the West Coast, so I'm applying to those places.' I was, like, 'Do you mean to tell me they're going to move wherever you go to school' and she said yeah. She didn't look entirely thrilled about it.

  2. Marc Perry:

    Population growth this decade was almost entirely in metro areas, texas is a good example of this, where parts of the Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas Fort Worth, Midland and Odessa metro areas had population growth, whereas many of the state's other counties had population declines.

  3. Mike Pence:

    It’s entirely appropriate, let Congress work its will.

  4. Steve Pagliuca:

    Between insurance and the other safeguards we have put in place, we have set a new standard for protecting the best interests of taxpayers and ensuring that the Games operate entirely with private financing, boston will have the most insured Games in Olympic history.

  5. Brad Segal:

    In hindsight, looking at it, it's not entirely shocking that this association was possible, kawasaki disease itself is often preceded by a respiratory or gastrointestinal illness.

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