Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Wholly; completely.
- adverb Solely or exclusively.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Wholly; completely; fully; without exception or division: as, the money is entirely lost.
- Without admixture or qualification; unreservedly; heartily; sincerely; faithfully.
- Entire.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an entire manner; wholly; completely; fully.
- adverb Without alloy or mixture; truly; sincerely.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb to the
full orentire extent. - adverb to the
exclusion of others.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without any others being included or involved
- adverb to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
Etymologies
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Examples
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I am here entirely -- _entirely_ of my own accord.
Hilda A Story of Calcutta Sara Jeannette Duncan
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He admits also that Socialists and revolutionary unionists are inspired with an entirely new attitude towards society and government and indorses as _entirely sound_ certain expressions from Haywood and Bohn's pamphlet which had been violently attacked by reformist Socialists and conservative unionists.
Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement William English Walling
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Co., they entirely eliminate the whole bunch from any part or lot in the issue on which they have essayed to speak with such authority, but whose main point, whose essential elements they have _entirely misunderstood_, and hence have treated in a way that is wholly at variance with the truth in the premises, and it is the truth that we are looking for.
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Stylist Annabel Tollman remarked that she hates the term entirely and model Maggie Rizer said she "thinks the industry is probably over-compensating a bit."
WATCH: Fashion Crowd Weighs In On Plus-Size Models Hilary Moss 2011
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Stylist Annabel Tollman remarked that she hates the term entirely and model Maggie Rizer said she "thinks the industry is probably over-compensating a bit."
WATCH: Fashion Crowd Weighs In On Plus-Size Models Hilary Moss 2011
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Tyson disputed the finding, but rather than scrap the label entirely, it worked with the department to devise a new label -- Chicken Raised Without Antibiotics that impact antibiotic resistance in humans -- that was unveiled in December.
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While not rejecting the term entirely, I can sympathise with a weariness about the frequency with which the words ‘loophole’ and ‘technicality’ are used to dismiss important rules of law.
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This is, I suppose, a view of the purpose of art that would most readily be called "moral," and I would not repudiate the term entirely, but I think that "existential" would be a far better term, for "moral" carries with it the suggestion of some rigid prescription, of a limited and coercive point of view, which is not the way great literature works.
The Decline and Fall of Literature Delbanco, Andrew 1999
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"Then maybe we should drop the term entirely," Gail said, "and just stick with duty."
Blood of Amber Zelazny, Roger 1986
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In their wisdom and I use the word entirely without irony the members of the Cannes jury awarded this year's Palme d'Or to Terrence Malick's majestic and long-awaited film
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
uselessness commented on the word entirely
Striker
I flew single engine fighters in the Air Force, but this plane has four engines.
It's an entirely different kind of flying altogether.
Dr. Rumack and Randy (in unison)
It's an entirely different kind of flying.
April 26, 2007