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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

wholly

/ˈhoʊ.li/

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What does wholly mean?

adverb

  1. Completely and entirely; to the fullest extent.
  2. (informal) Very; to a great extent.
  3. Exclusively and solely.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈhoʊ.li/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈhoʊl.li//hɔl.li//hɔl.i/
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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.
René DescartesDiscourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the SciencesTranslated by John VeitchProject Gutenberg ebook #59
If there were one who lived wholly without the use of money, the State itself would hesitate to demand it of him.
Henry David ThoreauOn the Duty of Civil DisobedienceProject Gutenberg ebook #71
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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.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
It often seemed to Mallet that he wholly lacked the prime requisite of a graceful flaneur--the simple, sensuous, confident relish of pleasure.
Henry JamesRoderick HudsonProject Gutenberg ebook #176
Indeed, such was the motion of the ship that it seemed wholly impracticable to remain in any other than a lying posture.
Robert Louis StevensonRecords of a Family of EngineersProject Gutenberg ebook #280