wholly
Adverb
- Completely and entirely; totally.
- to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
- "he was wholly convinced"
Adv
- Completely and entirely; to the fullest extent; (loosely, exaggeratedly) very; to a great extent.
- Exclusively and solely.
Examples
- A creature wholly given to brawls and wine.
- Her strategy was wholly focused on denying her opponent access to bonus squares.
- Wholly, in my opinion, this is wrong.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English holly, holeliche, holliche (also as halely, hallich, etc.), equivalent to whole + -ly. Doublet of holy.
Synonyms
all, altogether, completely, entirely, totally, whole, solely
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 15
wholly: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwholly: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wholly: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
wholly: valid Words With Friends Word