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词汇 wholly
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Definition of wholly in English:

wholly

adverb ˈhəʊliˈhəʊlliˈhoʊl(l)i
  • Entirely; fully.

    完全地,不折不扣地;整体地,全部地,通通

    she found herself given over wholly to sensation

    她发觉自己完全听凭于感觉。

    as submodifier the distinction is not wholly clear

    区别不是完全清楚。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An Abbey National spokeswoman told me unequivocally that the story was wholly untrue.
    • The intended victims were wholly innocent, mainly young people enjoying a night out.
    • A wholly unusual and uncommercial film, it was a spectacular failure upon release.
    • It's wholly and completely accurate to the original and entirely satisfying to me.
    • Moore is also one of those players whose goalscoring instinct relies wholly on confidence.
    • He seemed determined to justify a course of action which seemed wholly disproportionate.
    • They lack real flavour, and any lingering aftertaste is probably wholly artificial.
    • The walk is almost wholly on level tracks and paths, with a very short stretch along the Barbon road.
    • He assumed the officer was the stripper and made wholly inappropriate remarks.
    • Trial by jury is the most fundamental of our civil liberties and eroding it is wholly unjustified.
    • Nothing and no one is ever wholly good nor wholly bad, whatever we may think.
    • Rarely can one person have held the outcome of a political crisis quite so wholly in his own hands.
    • Why not create a wholly fictitious second character, and see how accurate his profile would be?
    • His team have played four league games since and haven't been wholly comfortable in any of them.
    • Paying a gas bill or checking a credit card balance can now be a wholly automated process, for example.
    • Nicola said she wasn't scared by the prospect of being thrust into a wholly foreign lifestyle.
    • The power of the written word is certainly mighty, even when the words are wholly inaccurate.
    • This one is a messy divorce and one due undoubtedly to wholly irreconcilable differences.
    • To judge by his later paintings, the house may not have been wholly reputable.
    • Both of them quit wholly or partly in protest at married Dean Methuen's management style.
    Synonyms
    completely, totally, absolutely, entirely, fully, thoroughly, utterly, quite, perfectly, altogether, downright, without qualification, without reservation, unreservedly, in every respect, in all respects, unconditionally, unconstrainedly, unrestrictedly, consummately, undisputedly, unmitigatedly, wholeheartedly, radically, stark, just, to the hilt, all the way, to the maximum extent
    informal one hundred per cent, totes
    exclusively, only, solely, purely, simply, merely, alone, to the exclusion of everything/everyone else

Origin

Middle English: probably already in Old English (see whole, -ly2).

Definition of wholly in US English:

wholly

adverbˈhoʊl(l)iˈhōl(l)ē
  • Entirely; fully.

    完全地,不折不扣地;整体地,全部地,通通

    she found herself given over wholly to sensation

    她发觉自己完全听凭于感觉。

    as submodifier the distinction is not wholly clear

    区别不是完全清楚。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Paying a gas bill or checking a credit card balance can now be a wholly automated process, for example.
    • Moore is also one of those players whose goalscoring instinct relies wholly on confidence.
    • His team have played four league games since and haven't been wholly comfortable in any of them.
    • The power of the written word is certainly mighty, even when the words are wholly inaccurate.
    • This one is a messy divorce and one due undoubtedly to wholly irreconcilable differences.
    • He seemed determined to justify a course of action which seemed wholly disproportionate.
    • Rarely can one person have held the outcome of a political crisis quite so wholly in his own hands.
    • Why not create a wholly fictitious second character, and see how accurate his profile would be?
    • It's wholly and completely accurate to the original and entirely satisfying to me.
    • To judge by his later paintings, the house may not have been wholly reputable.
    • Both of them quit wholly or partly in protest at married Dean Methuen's management style.
    • The intended victims were wholly innocent, mainly young people enjoying a night out.
    • They lack real flavour, and any lingering aftertaste is probably wholly artificial.
    • Trial by jury is the most fundamental of our civil liberties and eroding it is wholly unjustified.
    • A wholly unusual and uncommercial film, it was a spectacular failure upon release.
    • Nothing and no one is ever wholly good nor wholly bad, whatever we may think.
    • The walk is almost wholly on level tracks and paths, with a very short stretch along the Barbon road.
    • An Abbey National spokeswoman told me unequivocally that the story was wholly untrue.
    • He assumed the officer was the stripper and made wholly inappropriate remarks.
    • Nicola said she wasn't scared by the prospect of being thrust into a wholly foreign lifestyle.
    Synonyms
    completely, totally, absolutely, entirely, fully, thoroughly, utterly, quite, perfectly, altogether, downright, without qualification, without reservation, unreservedly, in every respect, in all respects, unconditionally, unconstrainedly, unrestrictedly, consummately, undisputedly, unmitigatedly, wholeheartedly, radically, stark, just, to the hilt, all the way, to the maximum extent
    exclusively, only, solely, purely, simply, merely, alone, to the exclusion of everyone else, to the exclusion of everything else

Origin

Middle English: probably already in Old English (see whole, -ly).

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