entirely

adverb

en·​tire·​ly in-ˈtī(-ə)r-lē 

ˈen-ˌtī(-ə)r-

1

: to the full or entire extent : completely

I agree entirely

you are entirely welcome

2

: to the exclusion of others : solely

entirely by my own efforts

Synonyms of entirely

• completely
• totally
• fully
• quite
• wholly
• perfectly
• utterly
• all
• thoroughly
• even
• exactly

Examples of entirely in a Sentence

are you entirely aware of what you're doing with that thing?

Recent Examples on the Web

But, to paraphrase one of Philip's lines, his column is fluent, eloquent, and almost entirely beside the point. —Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 2026

Les Archives, located in Paris’ 6th arrondissement, is a secondhand designer store rendered entirely in millennial pink. —Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026

At the halftime show for the Super Bowl — or the ‘Benito Bowl’, or ‘Bad Bunny Bowl’, as many have dubbed it online — Bad Bunny became the first artist to perform a half time show entirely in Spanish. —Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2026

Atreus grew up in a remote forest cabin, isolated from the rest of the world and raised almost entirely by his mother Faye. —Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1