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单词 wholly
释义
wholly
adverb
uk
/ˈhəʊl.li/us
/ˈhoʊl.li/
C2
completely:
完全地；全部地
I wasn't whollyconvincedby herexplanation.她的解释未能让我完全信服。
That's a wholly differentissue.那完全是另一回事。
amachinethat is wholly British-made完全由英国制造的一台机器
Synonyms
altogether
completely
entirely
totally
Opposites
part
partially
partly
More examples
  • He was whollyunpreparedfor what hesaw.
  • Thecompanyisn't wholly toblamefor thesnafu.
  • Theplantobuildtheroadthrough theforestis whollymisconceived.
  • He was whollyinattentiveto theneedsof hischildren.
  • Hiscasualbehaviourwas whollyinappropriatefor such aformaloccasion.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Complete and whole
  • (all) in one pieceidiom
  • A, a
  • absolute
  • all or nothingidiom
  • all-in-one
  • all-inclusive
  • fell
  • from stem to sternidiom
  • full-blown
  • full-fledged
  • full-length
  • fully
  • plain
  • root
  • thoroughly
  • through and throughidiom
  • to the lastidiom
  • totality
  • toto
  • unabridged
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(Definition ofwhollyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

wholly| American Dictionary

wholly
adverb
us
/ˈhoʊl·li/
completely:
I didn’tthinkherexplanationwas whollytruthful.
(Definition ofwhollyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwholly

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They accept that legal systems may exist and that, if they do, their content may bewhollydeterminate.
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One is the development of a scientific approach to language and that has been partially but notwhollygood.
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Even in this period, however, its meaning was neitherwhollyclear-cut nor static.
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In all, eight villages (4.7%) werewhollyor partly endowed.
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Pulmonary veins drainingwhollyto the ductus arteriosus (case 2).
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Indeed, aside from the importance of recognizing and encouraging the expression of suffering,whollyfocusing on meaning misses the connection between meaning and suffering.
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Again, this is notwhollysupported by the empirical evidence.
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Other advisory bodies subsequently generated their rankings, resulting in severalwhollynew lists.
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In the lower-left quadrant are the ' classic ' informal carers -whollyunregulated and recruited through affective relations.
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The larger point is that only awhollyunconditioned being could provide a life with meaningful purpose1.
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Typically, though, forest management regulations are determinedwhollyby custom, though some villages also utilize formal laws.
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This may be evidence that such constructions, although fixed to some degree, are notwhollygrammaticized as yet. 10.
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It should be noted here that rotting need not always have thewhollynegative connotations that it does for us.
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In some final reckoning merit considerations seem notwhollyirrelevant to many health crises.
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The second sense refers to an objective that is eitherwhollyor partially completed; for 21.
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