wholly
part of speech
adverb
meaning for a pupil
Completely; fully; entirely (wholly true, wholly owned). tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Means completely, as when a meal-offering is wholly burned or an animal's hoof is wholly split. In the primary lessons: A formal word in exam and official language: «wholly responsible», «not wholly correct» (partly correct). In maths and logic, «wholly» means every part, 100%. Phrases: «wholly or partly», «not wholly», «wholly owned by».
examples
- And every meal-offering of the priest shall be wholly made to smoke; it shall not be eaten. (Torah LEV.6.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is wholly cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat. (Torah LEV.11.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of the LORD, is to die; shall we wholly perish?' (Torah NUM.17.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- They are wholly consumed by terrors. (Writings PSA.73.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet; (Writings JOB.21.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops, (Prophets ISA.22.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- I am not wholly sure the answer is right. tree →
- The farm is wholly owned by the family. tree →
- The story is wholly made up. tree →
- She was wholly responsible for the mess. tree →
- The cake was wholly eaten in five minutes! tree →
- His answer was not wholly wrong — part of it was right. tree →
- Its population, large though it was, was composed wholly of boys. tree →
note
Spelling trap: «wholly» has double «l» and no «e» (from «whole»). Homophone: «holy» (sacred) and «holey» (full of holes) sound alike. Formal; everyday: «completely», «totally», «fully». In maths: «wholly» = the whole amount, 100%.
In the corpora
- And every meal-offering of the priest shall be wholly made to smoke; it shall not be eaten.
- And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons; they are wholly given unto him from the children of Israel.
- save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed the LORD.
- Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
- For an extermination wholly determined shall the Lord, the GOD of hosts, make in the midst of all the earth.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «wholly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.