Definitions for: Wholly


[adv] to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "It was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly' as in"a whole new idea")



Webster (1913) Definition: Whol"ly, adv.
1. In a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely;
perfectly.

Nor wholly overcome, nor wholly yield. --Dryden.

2. To the exclusion of other things; totally; fully.

They employed themselves wholly in domestic life.
--Addison.

Synonyms: all, altogether, completely, entirely, totally, whole

Antonyms: part, partially, partly

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