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entirely

adverb

1 entirely

To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'):
— Entirely satisfied with the meal.

synonyms: all, altogether, completely, right, totally, whole, wholly.

Roget 50: wholly, altogether; totally etc. (completely) 52; entirely, all, all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together; ... show more

Roget 31: truly etc. (truth) 494 [in a positive degree]; decidedly, unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, ... show more

2 entirely

Without any others being included or involved:
— Was entirely to blame.
— A school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children.

synonyms: alone, exclusively, only, solely.


Moby thesaurus: absolutely, across the board, all, all out, all put together, alone, altogether, as a body, as a whole, at large, bodily, but, clearly, collectively, completely, comprehensively, corporately, definitely, en bloc, en masse ... show more.

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