HOW TO PRONOUNCE
wholly
/ˈhoʊ.li/
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What does wholly mean?
adverb
- Completely and entirely; to the fullest extent.
- (informal) Very; to a great extent.
- Exclusively and solely.
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IPA pronunciation
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I have never contemplated anything higher than the reformation of my own opinions, and basing them on a foundation wholly my own.
If there were one who lived wholly without the use of money, the State itself would hesitate to demand it of him.
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It struck her, and the idea caused her a wholly childish joy, that she was going to take her revenge at last.
It often seemed to Mallet that he wholly lacked the prime requisite of a graceful flaneur--the simple, sensuous, confident relish of pleasure.
Indeed, such was the motion of the ship that it seemed wholly impracticable to remain in any other than a lying posture.