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entirely

adverb en·tire·ly

Definition of ENTIRELY

1

: to the full or entire extent : completely <I agree entirely> <you are entirely welcome>

2

: to the exclusion of others : solely <entirely by my own efforts>

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First Known Use of ENTIRELY

14th century

Related to ENTIRELY

Synonyms: all, all of, all over, altogether, clean, completely, dead, enough, entire, fully, even, exactly, fast, flat, full, heartily, out, perfectly, plumb [chiefly dialect], quite, soundly, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, well, wholly, wide

Antonyms: half, halfway, incompletely, part, partially, partly

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