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

Sometimes the right sentence is enough to open an entirely new direction. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026

Both of those framings live entirely inside phase one and phase two. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Stadium attendance While not entirely indicative of a team’s spending power, more tickets sold ultimately brings more money to the athletic department and more eyes to the program. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 22 Oct. 2026

In reactor physics, criticality is the threshold where a nuclear fission chain reaction becomes entirely self-sustaining. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1