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
Examples of entirely in a Sentence
are you entirely aware of what you're doing with that thing?
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Richard Newby, Time, 6 Dec. 2025
Some of these fees are entirely new; others mark a dramatic increase from current levels.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
Swipe to see more images The Cedar Cultural Center — one of the last survivors of the West Bank’s old music corridor — still hosts musicians and artists, a reminder that Cedar–Riverside hasn’t entirely lost its creative pulse.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 6 Dec. 2025
Hamas’s pending disarmament is entirely dependent on what the post-war Gaza government and international police force look like, Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Hakan Fidan said on Saturday.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Dec. 2025
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“Entirely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entirely. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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