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 second superyacht in the 74Steel series offers something entirely different than the first.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2026
People rush outside to crowd around the stage door, cutting off access to the sidewalk entirely.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
The costs of doing so are met entirely by external funding and no charitable funds have been used.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Trump is not entirely wrong to push back on Carlson and likely the rest, in political capital terms.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2026
People rush outside to crowd around the stage door, cutting off access to the sidewalk entirely.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
The costs of doing so are met entirely by external funding and no charitable funds have been used.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Trump is not entirely wrong to push back on Carlson and likely the rest, in political capital terms.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entirely
Adverb
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In the two years since, Tisza has completely eclipsed Hungary’s old institutional opposition—a fractured gamut ranging from the far right to the left.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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As well-wishers floated between a recording studio, the walk-in closet, a media room, and guest bedrooms, Tuco, the dog, looked completely unfazed by the dozens of curious guests peeking behind every corner.—
Freya Drohan,
Vogue,
9 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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That’s also despite the fact that Anna has about $500 in her bank account, a totally unrealistic sum to potentially sustain a voyage to Italy where a cab alone apparently runs to the cool tune of 200 euros.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2026
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This is all so that Coach can feed his own narcissism even while being annoying, wrong, smarmy, and somehow totally in control.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
9 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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In Hungary’s first fully free election, in 1990, the Party made a decent showing.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Significant advancements in fully capable robotics have become much more efficient and useful for scientific discovery.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Virtue isn’t quite like other hair care brands.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The Service’s regional headquarters will vanish, along with most of its research facilities and experimental forests—and also quite likely the sense of mission that has animated the agency for more than a century.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Whatever entropy pre-existed in the Universe during inflation, or prior to it, is rendered wholly irrelevant.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
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The entire linear cable business has been steadily declining in the streaming era, which would explain why GSN — wholly owned by SPE since 2019 — is being folded into the studio’s game show portfolio.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Fashion On-Theme Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway perfectly match their fashion to the red, white, and black theme at the Devil Wears Prada 2 premiere in Seoul, South Korea on April 8.—
Katie Hill,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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Their schemes to push Asian-American kids out of their dream schools for racial reasons would have been perfectly legal.—
Alison Somin,
Oc Register,
10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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His killings were brutal and senseless–and utterly random.—
Stephen Trimble,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
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Thanks to both Gosling’s tongue-in-cheek charisma — as well as the curious and utterly sincere personality that Ortiz imbues into Rocky through his voice performance and intuitive puppeteering (with plenty of improvisation) — the movie becomes a disarming interstellar, interspecies bromance.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The Mavs responded with a 21-8 run to tie it up 47-all on Bagley's 3-pointer.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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However, keep in mind that the pools and private event suite (with a huge outdoor patio just a couple floors down) are all on that side, and the noise travels a bit.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Entirely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entirely. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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