How to Use wholly in a Sentence

wholly

adverb

• The claim is wholly without merit.
• She is wholly devoted to her children.
• An infant is wholly dependent on its mother.
• The slight tweak in name, along with adding words to the name, suggests a wholly fresh start.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2024
• One man heard in the video seemed wholly unimpressed by the massive snake.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 30 Aug. 2023
• But the bad guys were once again wholly mortal, as was the case in Season Three.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2024
• Not the best time for a movie on a wholly different scourge.
  — Jocelyn Noveck, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
• Stuffing: Make wholly a day in advance or up to the point of adding the liquid.
  — Becky Krystal, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
• Trust your gut deeply and wholly during this time in your life.
  — Michelle Dempsey-Multack, Parents, 2 May 2024
• God has put me here to continue to be me, and truly and wholly be me.
  — Essence, 10 Dec. 2024
• Then the runway changes over, and a wholly new profile is revealed, in black and white.
  — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2021
• While the brand began in the United States, it has been wholly owned by Seven & i since 2005.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Asia, 13 Sep. 2024
• For McCurdy, this is her first body of work that feels like is wholly her own.
  — Anna Tingley, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
• Ken paused for a beat, then made a wholly different point.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 8 Apr. 2022
• Carol’s journey is about learning that the fate of the world doesn’t rest wholly on her shoulders.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
• Starting today, more of what users say on the service may not be wholly their own words.
  — WIRED, 18 Sep. 2023
• The person stressed, while not directly in the room, the studio chiefs remained wholly engaged in the process.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 23 Sep. 2023
• An asymmetrical fit and lighter hue add up to a wholly new take on the classic trench.
  — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 June 2022
• And there’s been a recent spate of wholly unique tabletop games built around the lore of certain role-playing games.
  — Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022
• There was a reason her tribute was last and wholly not least, this senior night.
  — Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 18 Mar. 2024
• Just with a wholly different perspective than the first five months of the season.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
• Fans of the crime genre will be wholly and happily immersed in these classic thrillers.
  — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
• And to the three-judge panel in the Michigan court, drone flights were something wholly different.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2021
• There’s a good chance that the video even has some tips that experienced iPhone users were wholly unaware of.
  — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 12 May 2021
• Of course, venturing outside of the cities is not wholly new for Michelin.
  — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2025
• In this, progressives are wholly united with the right.
  — Sunaura Taylor, Vox, 7 Aug. 2024
• De Visé frames the arc of King’s career wholly in terms of gaining White acceptance.
  — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021
• What follows is edge-of-your-seat, wholly original storytelling that ranks among the best scary movies of the past year.
  — Will Harris, EW.com, 12 July 2024
• Stump further notes his kids' love of his work on the series is wholly organic.
  — Chris Barilla, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
• But Kilmer, who died at 65 on April 1, was wholly comfortable in that sweet spot where ego and commitment intertwine.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 2 Apr. 2025