wholly

whol·ly

adverb \ˈhō(l)-lē\

Definition of WHOLLY

1

: to the full or entire extent : completely <a wholly owned subsidiary>

2

: to the exclusion of other things : solely <a book dealing wholly with herbs>

Examples of WHOLLY

1. She is wholly devoted to her children.
2. An infant is wholly dependent on its mother.
3. The claim is wholly without merit.

Origin of WHOLLY

Middle English hoolly, from hool whole

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to WHOLLY

Synonyms

all, all of, all over, altogether, clean, completely, dead, enough, entire, entirely, even, exactly, fast, flat, full, heartily, out, perfectly, plumb [chiefly dialect], quite, soundly, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, well, fully, wide

Antonyms

half, halfway, incompletely, part, partially, partly

Related Words

absolutely, categorically, cold, downright, hands down, plain, stone, stone-cold, unqualifiedly; basically, by and large, chiefly, generally, largely, mainly, more or less, mostly, overall, predominantly, predominately, primarily, principally, substantially; abundantly, copiously, generously, greatly

Near Antonyms

barely, hardly, just, kind of, marginally, minimally, scarcely, slightly, superficially; approximately, roughly, somewhat