entirely
∞
2.2
- adverb
- /ɪnˈtaɪərli/
- Every one of these things is entirely unique and yours alone.
- almost entirely
- entirely new
- entirely absent
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Watch on YouTubeWe'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
∞
1.0
Totally, in every way
∞
1.0
Completely and without any doubt
∞
1.0
To be complete with nothing left out
∞
1.8
Completely from the start to the finish
∞
1.0
Completely, with nothing left out
∞
1.0
To the fullest degree
807
1.0
Completely, to show that something is true
257
3.3
Completely with nothing left
246
3.5
To do something completely and carefully
243
3.6
Completely, to show that something is very strong or very great
224
1.7
Completely, with nothing missing
141
4.2
Completely, with nothing left to pay
99
3.7
To say something is complete or very strong to make a point
40
4.6
Completely and sincerely, with full support and no doubts
39
5.0
Completely without any conditions
10
2.3
Totally and without any doubt
8
3.7
Completely and without doubt
7
4.9
In a way that includes almost all parts
5
6.7
In a way that includes every part and leaves nothing out
1
4.5
Completely, with nothing else causing or helping it
1
7.8
Completely and without any doubt
Antonyms
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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'.