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
• The goal is to be wholly nonjudgmental on the first draft.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2020
• The company says 98% of liquor stores in the state are wholly owned by Texans.
  — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 23 Nov. 2020
• 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
• Donovan Mitchell wholly took over Wednesday’s fourth quarter, and he’s now dropped an even 30-piece in back-to-back games.
  — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
• 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
• Ellie stays calm and tries to paint her cause as being about justice rather than vengeance, but the two are wholly interchangeable in this circumstance, and the council rightly votes her down.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2025