entirely
- adverb
- /ɪnˈtaɪərli/
- Every one of these things is entirely unique and yours alone.
- almost entirely
- entirely new
- entirely absent
We're trying to think entirely outside space and time.
- We're trying to think entirely outside space and time.
- And in some respect, they're not entirely free of it.
- This may, in fact, not feel entirely resolved to you.
- She is graded on an entirely different curve than him.
- The fan RPM is entirely controlled by the GPU.
- So now you're almost entirely on this front leg.
- So her playing was entirely proficient, but entirely cold.
- If so, these charges will be entirely false, based on lies.
- Our evidence in our article is entirely consistent with that.
- And the price, while higher, isn't entirely outlandish either.
- Here's how snails end up migrating the entirely wrong way.
- And one entirely understands how they felt.
- I'm not entirely sure what South by Southwest is.
Examples
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Our evidence in our article is entirely consistent with that.
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" I arrived in Detroit, eighteen years old, entirely free, eager for a new life."
Fiction book (1990) -
We're trying to think entirely outside space and time.
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How long we stay here is entirely up to you.
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I apologize for not being entirely honest with you.
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But the load should not be put entirely on the shoulders of public history programs alone.
Academic text (2011) -
The world I know belongs entirely to me, as yours belongs entirely to you.
Academic text (2011) -
Now, this is not entirely an unreasonable view.
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Basically, I exist on an entirely different dimensional plane.
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The solution to the problem was entirely clear after the explanation.
Synonyms
Completely and without any doubt
Totally, in every way
To be complete with nothing left out
Completely from the start to the finish
To the fullest degree
Completely, with nothing left out
Completely, to show that something is true
To do something completely and carefully
Completely, to show that something is very strong or very great
Completely with nothing left
Completely, with nothing missing
To say something is complete or very strong to make a point
Completely and sincerely, with full support and no doubts
Completely without any conditions
Completely, with nothing left to pay
In a way that includes almost all parts
Totally and without any doubt
Completely and without doubt
In a way that includes every part and leaves nothing out
Completely, with nothing else causing or helping it
Completely and without any doubt
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Entirely comes from the old French entier and the Latin integer, both meaning 'whole', and it has the same root as the adjective entire. So, to do something entirely is to do it 'as a whole' or 'completely'.