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whol·ly  (hl, hll)
adv.
1. Completely; entirely: "The old American purposes are still wholly relevant" John F. Kennedy.
2. Exclusively; solely.

wholly
Adverb
completely or totally
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Adv.1.whollywholly - 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"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
part, partially, partly - in part; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed"

wholly
adverb 1. completely, totally, perfectly, fully, entirely, comprehensively, altogether, thoroughly, utterly, heart and soul, one hundred per cent (informal) in every respect << OPPOSITE partly
adverb 2. solely, only, exclusively, without exception, to the exclusion of everything else
Translations

wholly [ˈhəulɪ] advtotalmente, enteramente
wholly [ˈhəulɪ] whole adventièrement, tout à fait
wholly [ˈhəulɪ] whole advganz und gar
wholly [ˈhəulɪ] advcompletamente, del tutto

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The only new book which I remember to have read in those two or three years at Dayton, when I hardly remember to have read any old ones, was the novel of 'Jane Eyre,' which I took in very imperfectly, and which I associate with the first rumor of the Rochester Knockings, then just beginning to reverberate through a world that they have not since left wholly at peace.
THE members of the School Board in Doosnoswair being suspected of appointing female teachers for an improper consideration, the people elected a Board composed wholly of women.
It was the fashion to make-believe, yet, underneath all the make-believe, men were still men, not wholly good nor wholly bad.
 
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