Meaning & use
wholly
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Completely or entirely, without any exception.
See it in a sentence
The decision is wholly up to the committee.
He was wholly unprepared for the difficulty of the exam.
A note on using this word
Wholly is frequently confused with 'holy' in writing, despite the two words having completely different meanings and origins.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
partiallypartly
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