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wholly

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Synonyms & Antonyms of wholly

to a full extent or degree

not wholly convinced by the evidence that the prosecutor presented

Synonyms for wholly

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

Words Related to wholly

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 wholly

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 for wholly

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

approximately,
roughly,
somewhat

Antonyms for wholly

half,
halfway,
incompletely,
part,
partially,
partly

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