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entirely

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of entirely

to a full extent or degree

  • are you entirely aware of what youʼre doing with that thing?
Synonyms of entirely

all, all of, all over, altogether, clean, completely, dead, enough, entire, even, exactly, fast, flat, full, fully, heartily, out, perfectly, plumb [chiefly dialect], quite, soundly, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, well, wholly, wide
Words Related to entirely

absolutely, categorically, cold, downright, hands down, plain, stone, stone-cold, unqualifiedly

basically, by and large, chiefly, generally, largely, mainly, more or less, mostly, overall, predominantly, predominately, primarily, principally, substantially

abundantly, copiously, generously, greatly
Phrases Synonymous with entirely

all the way, at length, down the line, down to the ground, for fair, in whole, to bits, to pieces, to the hilt, to the max
Near Antonyms of entirely

barely, hardly, just, kind of, marginally, minimally, scarcely, slightly, superficially

approximately, roughly, somewhat
Antonyms of entirely

half, halfway, incompletely, part, partially, partly

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