wholly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
    all; whole; completely; altogether; entirely; totally.
    • 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
    • a whole new idea

WordNet


Whol"ly adverb
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913