as in completely
to a full extent or degree
are you entirely aware of what you're doing with that thing?
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Recent Examples of entirely
The full story in the link at top was reported, written and edited entirely by Miami Herald journalists.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Strikes were recorded across the entirety of Contra Costa, with the highest concentration in the east side of the county, while strikes in Alameda County were centered almost entirely in the county’s east side.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
The video for the song features HARDY singing while lying in a casket in the ground— imagery that isn’t entirely foreign to him.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2025
It’s made entirely in one saucepan with only a whisk.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Strikes were recorded across the entirety of Contra Costa, with the highest concentration in the east side of the county, while strikes in Alameda County were centered almost entirely in the county’s east side.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
The video for the song features HARDY singing while lying in a casket in the ground— imagery that isn’t entirely foreign to him.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2025
It’s made entirely in one saucepan with only a whisk.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entirely
Adverb
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The Philadelphia offense looked completely stagnant for much of the game.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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But Cozens wasn’t completely deterred by the intensity.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Mongolian Cashmere Sweatpants These cashmere sweatpants are totally splurge-worthy, yet significantly less expensive than pricier brands.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Sep. 2025
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But in, say, the French Revolution, things got going in part because of the popular unrest and the popular upheavals, but also because there was an inner circle of members of the French nobility who were totally pissed at Louis XVI.—
Nikki McCann Ramirez,
Rolling Stone,
22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The traffic itself generally keeps moving rather than fully stopping.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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Microsoft has built Copilot into Edge, OpenAI is testing a sandboxed browser in agent mode and Perplexity's Comet is one of the first to fully embrace the concept of browsing for you.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Another thing is that the robots in Lai’s experiments were identical, while in a real-world work cell, robotic teams are quite often heterogeneous.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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Overall, reviewers believe that Squarespace is quite user-friendly enough for small enterprises but may not fit the scaling needs of larger organizations.—
Jasmin Suknanan,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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After a wholly inactive offseason outside of the draft, Golden State is bolstering its rotation with not a moment to spare until training camp.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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Then there are authors like Rachel Harrison, Gwendolyn Kiste and Hailey Piper who take the experiences and rage of simply being a woman and use the guardrails of horror to create something wholly new.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Boise State sacked Swann five times, and cornerback A’Marion McCoy victimized him with the first pick-six, reading a pass to the right flat perfectly to intercept it and returning it 26 yards untouched for a touchdown in the first half.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Sep. 2025
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Nothing engraves glass as uniformly and perfectly as UV lasers.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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These two accent marks—a quarter and an eighth of an ounce, respectively—utterly change the character of the drink.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
27 Sep. 2025
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My go-to order has always been the Cuban-Style sandwich combo, Lomo Cubano, which is utterly delicious.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
26 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The Ravens have had a tough go of things right out the gate, playing the Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, and Detroit Lions all within the first four weeks.—
Hunter Simpson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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But at the end of each day, a mysterious boy (Eric Williams) delivers the message that Godot isn’t coming after all and will instead arrive tomorrow.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Entirely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entirely. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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