What does wholly mean?
Definitions for wholly
ˈhoʊ li, ˈhoʊl liwhol·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole(adverb)
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
wholly(Adverb)
completely and entirely; to the fullest extent
Etymology: From the word holliche. See also whole and -ly.
wholly(Adverb)
exclusively and solely
Etymology: From the word holliche. See also whole and -ly.
Webster Dictionary
Wholly(adverb)
in a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely; perfectly
Wholly(adverb)
to the exclusion of other things; totally; fully
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'wholly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4049
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'wholly' in Adverbs Frequency: #279
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wholly in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wholly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of wholly in a Sentence
We need government prosecutors and government regulators to enforce the law, that's wholly within the power of the executive branch.
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
Never to lie is to have no lock to your door, you are never wholly alone.
To be clear, the events and circumstances that led to their deaths were wholly preventable.
Men have no right to put the well-being of the present generation wholly out of the question. Perhaps the only moral trust with any certainty in our hands is the care of our own time.
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