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

In a matter of weeks, the Kings fell from the No. 5 seed in the Western Conference to missing the playoffs entirely. —Michael McGough, Sacramento Bee, 20 Apr. 2024

The model was entirely foreign to Microsoft, which made tons of money by creating software and selling it at high prices. —Bygeoff Colvin, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2024

In 1988, the Swiss watchmaker axed the Milgauss collection entirely. —Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2024

But the dissimilar treatment Rosen laments is entirely of his own making. —Ron Matthias, The Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2024

The introduction of entirely new rides have been less frequent. —Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2024

In deference to the state order, district administrators had placed on Thursday’s agenda an action to rescind the parent-notification policy entirely, while leaving open the door to revisit the issue later. —Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024

Smaller, backyard operations have closed down entirely. —Joel Khalili, WIRED, 19 Apr. 2024

The loser of Friday’s play-in game between the Heat and Bulls is eliminated and misses the playoffs entirely. —Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1