as in completely
to a full extent or degree
not wholly convinced by the evidence that the prosecutor presented
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Recent Examples of wholly
By excluding buildings, partially or wholly, speculators would pay more than homeowners, and parking lots would pay more than retail.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026
Sometimes there’s wholly owned, sometimes they’re partly owned.
—Alex Crippen, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
Bono shared a note with fans, once again assuring them that a new album is still in the works, and that these EPs are side detours on the way to a wholly separate full-length.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Apr. 2026
Byatt layers in invented history and poetry, creating a wholly original and spellbinding novel.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026
Sometimes there’s wholly owned, sometimes they’re partly owned.
—Alex Crippen, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
Bono shared a note with fans, once again assuring them that a new album is still in the works, and that these EPs are side detours on the way to a wholly separate full-length.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Apr. 2026
Byatt layers in invented history and poetry, creating a wholly original and spellbinding novel.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wholly
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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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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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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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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While my skin doesn’t quite sparkle or reflect like glass, the results are subtle yet effective.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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Manson can’t quite make up her mind about the value proposition of institutional inertia.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
15 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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Murray continued working on Blackhawks broadcasts, though at a diminished workload, before stepping away entirely this season.—
Jori Parys,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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All this was reassuring but not entirely helpful.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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To contrast the dark, monochromatic looks from winter, this new season is all about bright and vibrant prints and colors.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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Fast-forward to Tuesday at what’s now called The Rate, where Sox left-hander Noah Schultz made his major-league debut in another rebuild with an all-new cast of characters.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Wholly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wholly. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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