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Definitions for wholly
ˈhoʊ li, ˈhoʊl liwhol·ly

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

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"

Wiktionary

  1. whollyadverb

    completely and entirely; to the fullest extent

  2. whollyadverb

    exclusively and solely

  3. Etymology: From the word holliche. See also whole and -ly.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Whollyadverb

    Etymology: from whole.

    The thrust was so strong, that he could not so wholly beat it away, but that it met with his thigh, through which it ran. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

    Nor wholly lost we so deserv’d a prey;
    For storms repenting part of it restor’d. Dryden.

    Thus equal deaths are dealt with equal chance;
    By turns they quit their ground, by turns advance:
    Victors, and vanquish’d in the various field,
    Nor wholly overcome, nor wholly yield. Dryden.

    This story was written before Boccace; but its author being wholly lost, Geoffrey Chaucer is now become an original. Dryden.

    They employ’d themselves wholly in domestick life; and provided a woman could keep her house in order, she never troubled herself about regulating the commonwealth. Addison.

    Metals are wholly subterrany. Francis Bacon.

ChatGPT

  1. wholly

    Wholly refers to something that is completely or entirely done, to the full extent, exclusively, or fully. It involves considering all parts or aspects of something without any exclusion. It can be used to highlight the all-inclusive, all-encompassing, or undivided nature of an action or state.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Whollyadverb

    in a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely; perfectly

  2. Whollyadverb

    to the exclusion of other things; totally; fully

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'wholly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4049

  2. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'wholly' in Adverbs Frequency: #279

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of wholly in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of wholly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of wholly in a Sentence

  1. Thomas Carlye:

    No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.

  2. C. C. Colton:

    Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us, as those that are not wholly wrong; as no watches so effectually deceive the wearer as those that are sometimes right.

  3. Bertrand Russell:

    Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because I think that they underestimate the part that discipline plays. But the discipline you have in your life should be one determined by your own desires and your own needs, not put upon you by society or authority.

  4. Samuel Johnson:

    Do not ... hope wholly to reason away your troubles do not feed them with attention, and they will die imperceptibly away. Fix your thoughts upon your business, fill your intervals with company, and sunshine will again break in upon your mind.

  5. Feltham:

    He that would build lastingly must lay his foundation low. The proud man, like the early shoots of a new-felled coppice, thrusts out full of sap, green in leaves, and fresh in colour, but bruises and breaks with every wind, is nipped with every little cold, and, being top-heavy, is wholly unfit for use. Whereas the humble man retains it in the root, can abide the winter?s killing blast, the ruffling concussions of the wind, and can endure far more than that which appears so flourishing.

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