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UK
/ɛntˈaɪəli/
]
[ US /ɪnˈtaɪɝɫi/ ]
[ US /ɪnˈtaɪɝɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
he was wholly convinced
the directions were all wrong
she felt right at home
it was not altogether her fault
an altogether new approach
he fell right into the trap
entirely satisfied with the meal
a whole new idea
it was completely different from what we expected
a totally new situation
was completely at fault -
without any others being included or involved
the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone
he works for Mr. Smith exclusively
a privilege granted only to him
a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children
was entirely to blame
did it solely for money
How To Use entirely In A Sentence
- She captures my attention without entirely absorbing it. Times, Sunday Times
- However, we still rely entirely on the generosity of the public for funding.
- It's not entirely accurate - the book is a bit darker than that, but there is a fair bit of lovable eccentricity to the characters.
- If you think spaceflight is a bad thing, shouldn't we eliminate it entirely? Would You Bring Back NGLT-or SLI? - NASA Watch
- The point of reading Kafka's fiction is not, it seems to me, to arrive at a conclusion that the world we live in is absurd, or frightening, or grotesque, but that the world Kafka has created is self-sustaining and entirely logical. Translated Texts
- A senior paediatrician who works with such families compared it to the intense love a besotted parent feels for an entirely helpless newborn. Times, Sunday Times
- Much African art still seems religiously alive and therefore not entirely at home in a secular environment.
- Fly fishers in the salt water environment need something entirely different to their freshwater counterpart on the chalk stream, as does the angler who fishes big reservoirs.
- I don't think you're playing devil's advocate (a word every/filmer seems to want use) simply by making entirely senseless comparisons between films like Transformers and There Will Be Blood, and ranting on with points of view that even someone in defense of Transformers would never use. Things I Noticed While Watching 20 Minutes of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek | /Film
- The German military party -- which, as everyone knows, holds the reins of policy in Germany entirely -- have, as far as I can see, done all they could to overthrow Kerenski and set up Im Weltkriege. English
