wholly
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- pronunciation:
- hol
li
- features:
- Homophone Note
| part of speech: |
adverb |
| definition 1: |
entirely; completely.
What you said is not wholly true.That disaster was wholly preventable.- similar words:
- all, altogether, downright, full, in full, overall, quite, whole
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| definition 2: |
solely; exclusively.
Many of the literature courses deal wholly with a single author.- similar words:
- all
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| related words: |
absolutely, clean, sheer, stark, through, throughout, wide |
The words
wholly and
holy (sacred) sound alike but have different meanings.