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 organization, which relies almost entirely on donations and volunteer fosters, is also calling attention to the overcrowding at local shelters and encourages people to adopt or foster animals to free up space, so more animals like Xiao Mao can get help.
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
That all of this began in Utah may not be entirely coincidental.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Lightened-Up Mayo or Hybrid Spreads A healthy alternative to mayonnaise doesn’t have to mean nixing it entirely.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 17 Oct. 2025
The Friday night Apple baseball games are not well received – something else also entirely predictable from the day of the announcement.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
That all of this began in Utah may not be entirely coincidental.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Lightened-Up Mayo or Hybrid Spreads A healthy alternative to mayonnaise doesn’t have to mean nixing it entirely.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 17 Oct. 2025
The Friday night Apple baseball games are not well received – something else also entirely predictable from the day of the announcement.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entirely
Adverb
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Hecox's efforts to have the case dropped aren't completely over, as SCOTUS must still rule on whether the case is moot.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Tucked within the Turnberry Ocean Club in Sunny Isles, the $30 million duplex sky villa was taken down to the studs and completely customized.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The comparisons do not totally capture what’s happening here, in any case.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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The key is going after the criminal element aggressively, assuring public safety totally, and helping addicts recover.—
Joe Dwinell,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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This included key initiatives such as attending overseas markets and conferences, acquiring new IP, and engaging a head of international outreach — all of which were fully approved and communicated with the BFI.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
18 Oct. 2025
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For the ecoconscious visitor, Harbor Breeze will soon launch a first-of-its-kind, fully electric whale watching vessel called El Escudo.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Until Slot settles on a right-back option, the short-term message is quite clear for Premier League opposition analysts — target Liverpool’s right flank.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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On one level its assessment can be quite subjective, and there’s a degree of connoisseurship.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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His first foray into retail for the brand was a pop-up in London in 2008, and many British customers were reticent about the price point, even though the product was wholly made in England.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
19 Oct. 2025
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Evil is aided and abetted by those who stand back and do nothing, who swallow the lies and turn away from images of death and destruction that are wholly preventable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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And a fourth-quarter catch-and-run from tight end Theo Johnson — on a pass that popped into the air off the hands of Wan’Dale Robinson — perfectly summed up the day, as Johnson put rookie corner Jahdae Barron in the turf for good measure.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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Mac did a great ball, perfectly on time.—
Michael Nowels,
Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The Penguins looked utterly out of sorts in the first period and didn’t look the least bit equipped to come back from the early deficit.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The two counties represent utterly different Californias.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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However, that has all changed over the past few days as reports from outlets including , and uncovered past messages from Platner written on the message board site Reddit – some of which have been deleted as Platner seeks to distance himself from them.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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The all-too-frequent xenophobic knee-jerk reaction to Latin acts is often triggered by language alone.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Entirely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entirely. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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