entirely

adverb

en·​tire·​ly in-ˈtī(-ə)r-lē 

ˈen-ˌtī(-ə)r-

1

: to the full or entire extent : completely

I agree entirely

you are entirely welcome

2

: to the exclusion of others : solely

entirely by my own efforts

Synonyms

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

Examples of entirely in a Sentence

are you entirely aware of what you're doing with that thing?

Recent Examples on the Web

To disable location tracking entirely, toggle Location Services off at the top of the Location Services page (this will stop all apps from using your location). —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025

But Hector isn’t entirely blind to the outcomes of war. —Literary Hub, 13 June 2025

The National Endowment for the Arts, which Trump has proposed eliminating entirely, requested a $210.1 million budget for 2025, and millions in grants for arts groups have been clawed back this year under Elon Musk’s DOGE. —Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025

Comments Reacher's next mission has been revealed, and the series has enlisted almost an entirely new cast to bring it to life. —Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 13 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1