Dictionary Definition
entirely adv
1 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" [syn: wholly, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole] [ant: partially]
2 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" [syn: exclusively, solely, alone, only]
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Translations
- French : entièrement (1)
- Ido : tote
- Russian: полностью (pólnostju); вполне (vpolnyé)
- Swedish : totalt (1), helt och hållet (1)
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
absolutely, across the board,
all, all out, all put
together, alone, altogether, as a body, as a
whole, at large, bodily,
but, clearly, collectively, completely, comprehensively,
corporately,
definitely, en bloc,
en masse, exclusively, exhaustively, faultlessly, flawlessly, fully, globally, hundred per cent,
ideally, immaculately, impeccably, in a body, in
all, in all respects, in bulk, in every respect, in full, in full
measure, in its entirety, in the aggregate, in the gross, in the
lump, in the mass, in toto, inclusively, infallibly, inside out,
integrally, irreducibly, just right,
largely, lock, merely, on all counts, one and
all, only, outright, perfectly, plumb, positively, purely, quite, root and branch, roundly, simply, solely, spotlessly, thoroughly, to a T, to the
hilt, totally, tout a
fait, tout ensemble, unambiguously, unanalyzably, unconditionally,
undividedly,
unequivocally,
unreservedly,
utterly, wholly, without
exception