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

Blue Origin, funded almost entirely by Bezos's Amazon fortune for a quarter-century, is raising its first outside round of capital, a signal that space ventures no longer need a personal fortune to sustain them. — Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026

The transactions facilitated on these platforms occur entirely independently of FIFA’s official ticketing platform. — Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026

The final number depends entirely on the graft count, and that count is determined during the procedure. — Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1