wholly

adv.

1. Completely; entirely: "The old American purposes are still wholly relevant" (John F. Kennedy).
2. Exclusively; solely.

adverb

To the fullest extent: absolutely, all, altogether, completely, dead, entirely, flat, fully, just, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, totally, utterly, well². Informal clean, clear. Idioms: in toto, through and through. See big/small/amount, limited/unlimited.

adv

Definition: completely, entirely
Antonyms: incompletely, partially, partly

adv

Definition: exclusively
Antonyms: inclusively

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IN BRIEF: To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent

Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe. No path is wholly rough. — Ella Wilcox (1850-1919).

Tutor's tip: Note: Something "holey: contains holes. "Holly" is a plant with bright red berries. To be "holy" is to be religious. "Wholly" means altogether.

Common misspelling(s) of wholly

• wholy

Dansk (Danish)
adv. - aldeles, helt, ganske

Nederlands (Dutch)
geheel

Français (French)
adv. - entièrement, tout à fait

Deutsch (German)
adv. - ganz, völlig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - ολότελα, εξ ολοκλήρου, ολωσδιόλου, τελείως, εντελώς, πλήρως, ολοκληρωτικά

Italiano (Italian)
del tutto

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - completamente

Русский (Russian)
полностью, вполне, совсем

Español (Spanish)
adv. - totalmente, completamente

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - helt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
整个, 全部, 统统

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 整個, 全部, 統統

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 전혀, 완전히, 전부

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 全く, 完全に

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) كافه, كله, أجمع, جمله, تماما, كليته‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮כליל, לחלוטין‬

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