Synonyms of wholly

wholly

adverb

ˈhō(l)-lē 

as in completely

to a full extent or degree

not wholly convinced by the evidence that the prosecutor presented

Synonyms & Similar Words

• completely
• fully
• totally
• utterly
• quite
• perfectly
• entirely
• all
• thoroughly
• even
• fast
• well
• absolutely
• exactly
• entire
• wide
• out
• enough
• altogether
• all the way
• in whole
• soundly
• heartily
• at length
• for fair
• dead
• flat
• clean
• to pieces
• full
• basically
• down to the ground
• all over
• to bits
• largely
• mostly
• down the line
• substantially
• through and through
• to the hilt
• to the max
• all of
• plumb
• plain
• downright
• principally
• generally
• chiefly
• unqualifiedly
• predominantly
• categorically
• mainly
• cold
• primarily
• greatly
• predominately
• generously
• abundantly
• by and large
• more or less
• copiously
• overall
• stone-cold
• stone
• hands down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• partially
• partly
• halfway
• slightly
• half
• just
• scarcely
• incompletely
• hardly
• barely
• somewhat
• minimally
• marginally
• superficially
• part
• approximately
• roughly
• kind of

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wholly

Seen together, the trilogy charts both a personal coming-of-age and a generational coming-to-grips with aging that, even when compared against similar serialized documentary experiments like Michael Apted’s 7 Up installments, feels wholly unique. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2026

Phillips 66 has a chemicals joint venture with Chevron that each side has a right of first refusal to acquire wholly; previous efforts to sell the business from both Chevron and Phillips’ end have run into hurdles, other people said. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 14 Aug. 2026

Krishnan rightly points out that actively suppressing language ought to be condemned, but that suppression and obsolescence are wholly different. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Where else would an internationally prestigious hotel group—born of Nobu Matsuhisa’s passion for gastronomy and wholly connected to the world of film thanks to De Niro—settle down? — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026