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English Dictionary: wholly by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wholly
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"
    Synonym(s): wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole
    Antonym(s): part, partially, partly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wholly \Whol"ly\, adv.
      1. In a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely;
            perfectly.
  
                     Nor wholly overcome, nor wholly yield. --Dryden.
  
      2. To the exclusion of other things; totally; fully.
  
                     They employed themselves wholly in domestic life.
                                                                              --Addison.
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