Entirely

Definition: Entirely

Entirely

Adverb

1. 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").

2. Without any others being included or involved; "was entirely to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a privilege granted only to him".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "entirely" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Entirely

Greatness

Entirely; (completely); abundantly; (sufficiently); widely, far and wide.

Negation

Deny flatly, deny peremptorily, deny emphatically, deny absolutely, deny wholly, deny entirely; give the lie to, belie.

Whole

Adverb: wholly, altogether; totally; (completely); entirely, all, all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together; in the aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the long run; en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily, en bloc, in extenso, throughout, every inch; substantially.

Crosswords: Entirely

Sir, it's quite possible this asteroid is not entirely stable (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: George Lucas; Leigh Brackett)

You are saying that a group of animals, entirely composed of females, will breed (Jurassic Park; writing credit: Michael Crichton)

Someone from another world, so entirely different (Trouble in Paradise; writing credit: Aladar Laszlo; Grover Jones)

Excuse me, Mr. President, that's not entirely accurate (Independence Day; writing credit: Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich)

I think you'll find my type of picture entirely different (The Sinister Urge; writing credit: Edward D. Wood Jr.)

It's yours entirely (More Than A Woman; performing artist: Aaliyah)

If you find a four-leaf clover, it means you have entirely too much time on your hands. (references; author: unknown)

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References

• The World Market for Paintings, Drawings, and Pastels Executed Entirely by Hand As Artwork, Collages, and Similar Decorative Plaques: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• Holes: A Book Not Entirely About Golf (reference)

• My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely (reference)

• New Vegetarian Baby: An Entirely New, Updated Edition of the Classic Guide to Raising Your Baby on the Healthiest Possible Diet (reference)

• Piglet Is Entirely Surrounded by Water: A Pooh Read-Along (reference)

• The Couple's Guide to Fertility: Entirely Revised and Updated With the Newest Scientific Techniques to Help You Have a Baby (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• An Entirely Different Dream (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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The tenth abdominal segment is covered by a heavily sclerotized plate, which partially, or entirely encircles this segment. Credit: CDC.

Figure 13. Negretti and Zambra thermometer, 1878 model. This instrument is the direct ancestor of most reversing thermometers used up to this time. This was the first instrument to break the column of mercury after reversing to obtain the reading. It was entirely enclosed in a double envelope of glass to eliminate pressure effects. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Boatswain's Mate First Class Orville Cox (left) and Chief Boilerman William T. Ashford hold the "Eight" flag by the forward 5"/38 gun mount of USS Endicott (DMS-35), as she was returning to San Diego from an eight-month deployment in the Korean War Zone, circa March 1951. Both men have served on on board Endicott since she was commissioned in 1943, eight years previously, and by Navy tradition "own" a plank from the ship's deck. In Endicott's case, however, there are no "planks", as her decks are entirely made of steel. Probably photographed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The photograph was released by Commander Mine Force, Pacific Fleet, on 20 March 1951. Credit: NAVY.

Wing tip float entirely constructed by graduates. Credit: Library of Congress.

Typical sharecropper's shack with crop entirely surrounding house. Mississippi County, Missouri. Credit: Library of Congress.

Cultivators on Seabrook Farms, between Bridgeton, and Vineland, New Jersey. This farm with several thousand acres of its' own and more thousands under contract, grows such truck crops as beans and peas almost entirely by mechanical means for its own large. Credit: Library of Congress.

Transformer manufacture. These large transformers are being prepared for testing in a large Eastern plant given over almost entirely to the manufacture of transformers. Transformers are vital to almost every phase of war Production. Westinghouse, Sharon,. Credit: Library of Congress.

Conversion. Toy furniture to dies for incendiary bombs. Owner and foreman of this small Midwest factory check final pieces of doll's metal furniture before the shop is given over entirely to war production. In foreground are tools and dies which made the. Credit: Library of Congress.

White section gang near King City, California. Before the depression this work was done entirely by Mexican labor. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mountain woman and child travel almost entirely by horseback as the creek beds are still the only roads in some sections. They live up Burton's Fork off Middle Fork of the Kentucky River. Breathitt County, Kentucky. Credit: Library of Congress.

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We will entirely remove from their bailiwicks, the relations of Gerard of Athee (so that in future they shall have no bailiwick in England); namely, Engelard of Cigogne, Peter, Guy, and Andrew of Chanceaux, Guy of Cigogne, Geoffrey of Martigny with his brothers, Philip Mark with his brothers and his nephew Geoffrey, and the whole brood of the same. (reference)

The subsequent part of the section is mere surplusage, is entirely without meaning, if such is to be the construction. (reference)

Hence, the cost of production of a workman is restricted, almost entirely, to the means of subsistence that he requires for his maintenance, and for the propagation of his race. (reference)

The personnel of the German Navy shall be recruited entirely by voluntary engagements entered into for a minimum period of twenty-five consecutive years for officers and warrant officers; twelve consecutive years for petty officers and men. (reference)

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It may be possible to do without dancing entirely.

Such lovely flowers, and of forms so entirely new to me, were not to be abandoned at the bidding of any little maid, however imperious

The city had entirely vanished

My role, and one for which I was entirely qualified, was to be an extremely ignorant non-zoologist to whom everything that happened would come as a complete surprise

On the contrary, I have allowed myself, as to such points, nearly or altogether as much license as if the facts had been entirely of my own invention

Cosette felt entirely reassured

I told his Excellency that I was entirely at his disposal, and accordingly we set out next morning

One year I went across the middle only five days before it disappeared entirely.

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Health

This assumption may not be entirely correct. (references)

In P. vivax malaria, the patient may feel entirely well between attacks. (references)

When hair loss does occur, the hair may become thinner or fall out entirely. (references)

Business

Therefore, Panama relies entirely on imports. (references)

Debt is almost entirely made up of bank borrowings. (references)

Hong Kong is entirely dependent on imported disposable healthcare products. (references)

Children

Japan

Whereas in 1998 INTERPOL estimated that 80 percent of Internet sites with child pornography originated in Japan, by late 1999, after passage of the law, the police reported most of these sites either had disappeared entirely or were accessible only at random hours to avoid detection and arrest. (references)

Civil Liberties

India

Citizens often refer to schools, hospitals, and other institutions as "missionary" even when they are owned and run entirely by indigenous Christian citizens. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

In 2000 the Government closed three newspapers by refusing to publish them; Kapitalism and Litsa stopped publishing entirely, and Res Publica was closed for 4 months. (references)

Economic History

Liberia

Iron production ceased entirely. (references)

Poland

The May 1990 local elections were entirely free. (references)

El Salvador

Electricity: Power distribution is entirely privatized. (references)

Human Rights

Panama

Because prison security rests almost entirely with the PNP, tensions arise between PNP officers and their civilian directors. (references)

Russia

Local human rights groups have far fewer opportunities than their Moscow counterparts to interact with legislators to develop legislation; some are excluded from the process entirely by local authorities. (references)

Colombia

The new code also makes the Supreme Court the court of second instance review of rulings by the Superior Military Tribunal, thereby giving the Supreme Court--a body composed entirely of civilian magistrates--effective authority over the military judiciary. (references)

Minorities

Algeria

However, in practice one of the two Government television stations has a regular news program in Amazigh, and one of the Government radio stations broadcasts entirely in that language. (references)

Political Economy

Nauru

The economy depends almost entirely on the country's declining phosphate deposits. (references)

NETHERLANDS

Unions are entirely free of government and political party control and participate in political life. (references)

Political Rights

Liberia

Local governments at all levels have no independent revenue base and rely entirely on the central Government for funds. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

There are 11 Arabs and 2 Druze in the Knesset; most represent parties that derive their support largely or entirely from the Arab community. (references)

East Timor

The NC is comprised entirely of East Timorese, representing the 13 districts, the CNRT, other political groups, and a variety of NGO, youth, and religious groups. (references)

Trade

Jamaica

Duties have been removed entirely from some categories. (references)

Australia

The remainder of tariff lines above five percent, apply entirely to passenger motor vehicles (PMV) and textiles, clothing and footwear (TCF). (references)

Switzerland

The decrease is entirely due to a changed recording method with respect to securities lending and borrowing, which is now treated as off-balance sheet business. (references)

Travel

Poland

Poland is located entirely in the Central European Time (CET) zone, the same time zone as continental Western Europe. (references)

Sri Lanka

For example, the Jaffna Peninsula has been at times entirely inaccessible to non-military transport, and civilians have been stranded. (references)

Lithuania

Travelers should take the same precautions, as they would visiting unfamiliar urban centers in the U.S. Although drinking water is chlorinated, it is not considered entirely safe because the filtering system does not remove viruses. (references)

Women

Qatar

This NGO is run entirely by women, and focuses on the health and education of, and provision of assistance to, women and children, particularly the poor. (references)

Iran

While the enforcement of a conservative Islamic dress codes has varied with the political climate since the death of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989, what women wear in public is not entirely a matter of personal choice. (references)

Peru

PROMUDEH operates 34 centers, staffed entirely by women, which bring together representatives of all government institutions--police, prosecutors, counselors, and public welfare agents--to which abused women might have recourse. (references)

Worker Rights

Solomon Islands

The legal minimum wage does not provide a decent standard of living for an urban family living entirely on the cash economy. (references)

Kuwait

The Civil Service Law also prescribes additional conditions for the public sector, which consists almost entirely of citizen workers. (references)

New Zealand

Although choosing a union is entirely voluntary, unions have remained the most common agents used by workers to negotiate with employers. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "entirely": entirely overcast ♦ not entirely unlike X ♦ surface made entirely of plastic material. Additional references.

Afrikaans

heeltemal (at, at all, perfectly, quite, wholly). (various references)

Albanian

fare (at all, dead, none, not at all, not in the least, nothing, plenty, quite, scarcely, spermatic, very, whatever, wholly). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كلية (altogether, completeness, entirety, integrity, outright, totality, wholeness, wholly), ‏كليا (absolutely, altogether, completely, fully, in full, outright, totally, wholly), ‏تماما (all, all right, alright, altogether, completely, decidedly, diametrically, enough, exactly, fairly, fully, in full, just, ok, okay, okey, perfectly, plumb, precisely, properly, quite, quite so, right, sharp, simply, smack, so far so good, stark, stock, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, very, well, wholly, wide), ‏بكل المعنى, ‏بانكباب (busily, wholly). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съвсем съвършено, само (auto, barely, but, just, merely, nothing but, only, purely, simply, solely), напълно (absolutely, all, altogether, amply, clean, completely, dead, every bit, fairly, fully, hollow, intimately, largely, out and out, outright, perfectly, quite, richly, sheer, spang, stark, stiff, thoroughly, through, throughly, to the full, to the letter, to the wide, totally, utterly, well, whole-hog, wholly, wide, without reserve), единствено (solely), изцяло (all, altogether, clean, en bloc, in full, neck and crop, outright, over, right, sheer, through, through and through, totally, tread and thrum, whole-hog, wholly), изключително (especially, exceptionally, exclusively, extraordinarily, notably, rarely, signally, uncommonly, wholly). (various references)

Catalan

enterament (at all, quite, wholly). (various references)

Chinese 

罄 (exhausted, stern), 整个地, 殫 (to exhaust), 完全 (complete, totally, whole), 俱 (a social club, without exception). (various references)

Czech

zcela (absolutely, all, clean, completely, fully, quite, utterly, wholly), naprosto (absolutely, altogether, dead, flat, fully, heartily, perfectly, quite, sheer, to the hilt, totally, utterly), úplnì (absolutely, all, altogether, completely, in full, off, outright, quite, sheer, throughout, to the hilt, up to the hilt, utterly, well, wholly). (various references)

Danish

helt (at all, hero, quite, wholly). (various references)

Dutch

volkomen (absolute, at all, complete, completely, entire, full, fully, integral, overall, perfect, quite, through, whole, wholly), totaliter (altogether, completely, in all, through), heel (absolute, at all, complete, completely, entire, fully, integer, integral, overall, quite, through, unbroken, very, very much, whole, wholly). (various references)

Esperanto

tute (at all, quite, wholly), komplete (completely, through). (various references)

Faeroese

rættiliga (at all, enough, quite, rather, sufficiently, wholly), heilt (at all, quite, wholly). (various references)

Finnish

aivan (altogether, at all, exactly, fully, just, perfectly, quite, very, wholly). (various references)

French

totalement, entièrement. (various references)

German

völlig (absolutely, altogether, arrant, complete, completely, consummately, dead, downright, full, fully, out and out, outright, perfect, perfectly, plain, profound, quite, sheer, thorough, through, total, totally, uncompromisingly, utterly, wanton, wholly, widely), ganz (all, all of, at all, bodily, complete, completely, entire, exactly, full, general, in full, intact, integral, just, overall, perfect, pretty, purely, quite, rather, really, reasonably, total, unbroken, unbrokenly, unmitigated, unmitigatedly, utterly, whole, wholly). (various references)

Greek 

εξ ολόκληρου (wholly), εντελώσ (altogether, clear, completely, in toto, outright, quite, sheer, stark, tout a fait), εντελώς (altogether, completely, quite), ολότελα (completely, fully). (various references)

Hawaiian

fare (at all, quite, wholly), aspak (at all, quite, wholly). (various references)

Hebrew 

מכל וכל, מכל (container, fount, receptacle, reservoir, tank), לחלוטין (absolutely, completely, neck and crop, utterly), לגמרי (altogether, clean, completely, downright, fully, neck and crop, out and out, over, quite, right, thoroughly, to the wide, totally, up to the hilt, utterly, wholly), כליל (complete, completely, downright, out and out, over, passim, quite, stark, stiff, thoroughly, total, totally, utter, utterly, whole), בשלמות (completely, fully, perfectly, wholly). (various references)

Hungarian

teljesen (absolutely, all, altogether, at all, clean, completely, consummately, from hub to tire up to the hub, full, fully, have sy by the leg, I am done to a frazzle, in full, it's all over with him, out and out, outright, perfectly, purely, quite, regularly, sheer, stark, starkly, thoroughly, through and through, to serve sy hand and foot, to the full, to write out, totally, utterly, wholly), maradéktalanul (fully, to the full). (various references)

Indonesian

seutuhnya (completely, thoroughly), semuanya (altogether, everybody), seanteronya (everything), seantara (all around), belaka (just, mere, only, quite, simply). (various references)

Italian

completamente (absolutely, all, altogether, clean, completely, downright, fully, outright, over, quite, right, roundly, sheer, signally, stark, stiff, thoroughly, through, throughout, tight, up, utterly, wholly, widely). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

総べて (all, in general, the whole, wholly), 全く (completely, really, totally, truly, wholly). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すべて (all, in general, the whole, wholly), ぜんぜん (all the banks, before one's eyes, completely, not at all, wholly), そっくり (all, altogether, be just like, the splitting image of), まったくのところ, まったく (completely, indeed, perfectly, really, truly, wholly), まるで (as if, as though, at all, completely, quite, so to speak), のこらず (all, completely, without exception), かならずしも (all, always, necessarily), かいもく, いつに (only, or, solely), いっさい (absolutely, all, everything, once or twice, one year old, repeatedly, the whole, without exception), ことごとく (altogether), もっぱら (solely, wholly), てんで (altogether, at all). (various references)

Korean 

전체적으로 (Wholly). (various references)

Norwegian

helt (completely, hero, quite), fullstendig (full). (various references)

Papiamen

kompletamente (completely, through). (various references)

Pig Latin

entirelyay.(various references)

Polish

zupełnie (at all, quite, wholly). (various references)

Portuguese

completamente (absolutely, all, all out, altogether, bodily, bolt, broad, clear, completely, consummately, directly, downright, exactly, fairly, full, fully, jolly, outright, overall, plenty, plumb, precious, quite, thoroughly, through, throughout, up, utterly, wholly), totalmente (all, consummately, full, fully, overall, quite, right, through, unreservedly, wholly), inteiramente (all, all over, altogether, clean, full, fully, off, outright, quite, through, through and through, throughout, up). (various references)

Romanian

radical (jacobin, left, radical, radically, root), cu totul (all, all in all, downright, every bit, merely, most, out and out, outright, perfectly, plenty, quite, right, thoroughly, to the full, up to the nines, utterly, wholly), cu desãvârşire (altogether, quite), complet (absolute, all out, broad, clear, collected, complement, complete, completely, comprehensive, dead, down to the ground, downright, entire, every bit, every inch, exhaustive, fairly, flat, full, fully, good, hollow, outright, perfect, purely, quite, stark, strict, suite, thorough, thoroughly, thoroughpaced, to the bone, total, unabridged, utter, utterly, whole), în întregime (all, all in all, bodily, clear, completely, hard, in full, long, out and out, wholly). (various references)

Russian 

совершенно (absolutely, at all, clean, clear, completely, down to the ground, outright, perfectly, quite, stark, thoroughly, through and through, throughout, utterly), всецело (altogether, completely). (various references)

Scottish

uile gu léir (at all, quite, wholly), tur, gu tur, tul (fire), léir (altogether, distress, pain, perception, power of seeing or being seen : is, sight, torment, wholly), buileach (entire : gu buileach, quite, total, wholly). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sasvim (all over, all: at all, clean, completely, dead, fairly, lock up stock and barrel, plunk, quite, sheer, span-new, stark, stinking, throughout, totally, utterly, well, well nigh, whole, wholly, wide), potpuno (absolutely, all over, broadly, completely, consummately, dead, full scale, fully, outright, purely, roundly, sheer, solely, span-new, stark, thoroughly, throughly, totally, unreservedly, utterly, whole), isključivo (exclusively), celokupno. (various references)

Spanish

enteramente (all, at all, clean, completely, fully, quite, wholly), completamente (all, all out, altogether, blankly, clearly, completely, consummately, dead, downright, fairly, flat, full, fully, holus-bolus, Plumb, properly, quite, right, sheer, thoroughly, through, through and through, up to the hilt), totalmente (cold, completely, dead, positively, total, totally, unmitigated, unmitigatedly, whole, wholly). (various references)

Swahili

kabisa (at all, quite, wholly). (various references)

Swedish

helt (butt, completely, full, fully, importantly, quite, wholly, wholy), alldeles (absolutely, all, altogether, at all, clean, clear, completely, dead, exactly, fairly, just, quite, right, thoroughly, to a frazzle, wholly). (various references)

Tagalog

tíla (at all, quite, wholly), hálos (almost, at all, nearly, quite, wholly). (various references)

Turkish

tamamen (absolutely, all, altogether, at large, bang, bang on, chock, clean, clear, completely, dead, definitely, downright, exactly, fair, fully, heart and soul, hollow, holo-, hopelessly, in the highest degree, in toto, neck and crop, off, out and out, outright, perfectly, plenty, precious, properly, quite, richly, roundly, sheer, simply, staring, stark, thoroughly, thro, through, through and through, thru, thru and thru, up to the hilt, utterly, well, whole, wholly, wide), tümüyle (as a whole, clean, smack, stark), baxtanbaxa (at all, quite, wholly), baştan sona (altogether, from a to izzard, from soup to nuts, over, thro, through, throughly, thru), bütünüyle (all, at full length, at large, bang, clear, completely, en bloc, flat, fully, hollow, in large, quite, totally, up to the hilt), bütün (aggregate, all, all out, all over the, altogether, at all, clear, complement, complete, continuum, entire, every, everything, gross, holo-, integral, omni-, one and only, out and out, overall, pan-, quite, round, sheer, solid, the total, the whole, total, totality, unbroken, undivided, utter, whole, wholly), büsbütün (all, altogether, dead, downright, fair, fairly, quite, sheer, staring, stark, wholly), adamakilli (completely, fully, radically, thoroughly, through). (various references)

Turkmen 

tutuюlaяyn (totally 1), tutuюlagyna (totally 2), tutuю (wholly), durюuna. (various references)

Ukrainian

цілком (absolutely, all, all in all, all of, all out, altogether, at all, bodily, broad, clean, clear, completely, duly, en bloc, fairly, full, fully, hollow, nicely, outright, perfectly, pure, purely, quite, richly, soundly, thoroughly, well, wholly), тільки (alone, barely, but, exclusively, just, merely, nothing but, only, purely), виключно (alone, exclusively), повністю (absolutely, all, all in all, chock, cold, completely, directly, fully, hollow, in the whole, in total, outright, radically, sheer, solid, throughout, totally, whole-hog, wholly). (various references)

Vietnamese 

trọn vẹn; hoàn toàn, toàn vẹn (entire), toàn bộ (all, clear, ensemble, entire, global, in toto, integer, lump, overall, total, totality, whole, wholly). (various references)

Welsh

llwyr (altogether, complete, entire, total). (various references)

Yucatec

humpuli (at all, completely, quite, through, wholly). (various references)

de-, omnino, omninoque, penitus, plene, plenissime, prorsus. (various references)

eall, fullice. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"Entirely" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: entireley, entirey, mentirola. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: lientery.

-1 letter: inertly.

-2 letters: eerily, entire, lenity, lierne, linter, nitery, relent, reline, retile, retine, triene, yeelin.

-3 letters: elint, elite, enter, entry, eyrie, inert, inlet, inter, leery, liner, liney, linty, liter, litre, niter, nitre, relet, relit, rente, retie, riley, teeny, terne, tiler, treen, trine, yente.

-4 letters: eely, eery, erne, eyen, eyer, eyne, eyre, inly, leer, leet, lent.

+2 letters: esuriently, generality, inexpertly, inherently, interlayer, reticently.

+3 letters: differently, divergently, externality, glycerinate, interlayers, interplayed, intervalley, pertinently, presciently, reconditely, rejectingly, resiliently, retentively.

+4 letters: artillerymen, cybernetical, determinably, determinedly, electrifying, elementarily, entreatingly, frenetically, glycerinated, glycerinates, hearteningly, impenetrably, incoherently, indiscreetly, infrequently, interestedly, interlayered, intervalleys, inveterately, iridescently, irrelevantly, irreverently, noncelebrity, percipiently, peritoneally, persistently, preeminently, prehensility, preveniently, preventively, protensively, renewability, restrainedly, serpentinely, swelteringly, tetracycline, venerability.