entirely

Adverb

• Completely; totally; in every respect.
• to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
  • "entirely satisfied with the meal"
• without any others being included or involved
  • "was entirely to blame"
  • "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children"

Adv

• To the full or entire extent.
• To the exclusion of others; solely;

Examples

• I'm entirely to blame.
• It is entirely up to you where we go, as I’ll be happy with anywhere.
• She was entirely focused on calculating the maximum points for her Scrabble word.
• The cake hadn’t entirely been eaten, so some was saved for later.
• This part of the park is used entirely by the workers; everyone else will have to go to the other side.

Synonyms

all, alone, altogether, completely, exclusively, only, solely, totally, whole, wholly

Antonyms

partly

Related Words

entirety