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wholly

Letters that make wholly

o, l, h, w, y are letters that make 'wholly'

Words within wholly

WHO, Holly, holly, Ho are words within 'wholly'

wholly is a 6 letter word starting with w
wholly is a 6 letter word ending with y

1 possible definitions for 'wholly'

Wholly as "to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')"

Under this definition, wholly is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

whole, all, entirely, completely, totally, altogether have the same meaning as 'wholly'

Antonyms

partially, partly, part have the opposite meaning of 'wholly'

wholly Usage

'wholly' can be a useage of colloquialism.

Pertain to wholly

whole, full, entire, total, complete pertain to 'wholly'.

Example of wholly used within this context

"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"