entirely
advUK /ɪnˈtaɪəli/ · US /ɪnˈtaɪɹli/
Etymology From Middle English entyerly, entierly, enterely, entyreliche, equivalent to entire + -ly.
1
To the full or entire extent.
- It is entirely up to you where we go, as I’ll be happy with anywhere.
- The cake hadn’t entirely been eaten, so some was saved for later.
4 more examples
- manuscript pages entirely without ornament.
- [O]bſerving [...] abundance of Matter floating in the Urine like Bran, with a great Number of Recrements like Cuttings of Hair, ſome above an Inch long, which Subſtances were found in all the Water that I made in above Twelve Months; for which I could get no Remedy: I was adviſed to drink Water, which in about half a Year did intirely free me from thoſe Symptoms, [...]1723, John Smith, The Curiosities of Common Water: Or The Advantages thereof in Preventing and Curing Many Distempers. […], 5th edition, London: […] John and Barham Clark, […], →OCLC, pages 9–10:
- Frommer spoke to me—mostly in English—about the challenges of creating an entirely alien language.2009 December 1, Julian Sancton, “Brushing up on Na'vi, the Language of Avatar”, in Vanity Fair, archived from the original on 10 Feb 2010:
- Unlike Ali G Indahouse, Baron Cohen’s failed attempt to bring his most famous character into an entirely fictional universe, Borat found the comic tension in placing his Kazakhstani buffoon in delicate social situations, like a rodeo where he supports the “War Of Terror” a bit too zealously.2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2012:
2
To the exclusion of others; solely.
- I'm entirely to blame.
- This part of the park is used entirely by the workers; everyone else will have to go to the other side.
- Synonyms
- completely, wholly, solely
- Related terms
- entirety