entirely

«entirely» in Mova's school dictionary: completely, totally, in every way — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (entirely)

meaning for a pupil

1) Entirely means completely, totally, in every way. tree →

2) Entirely can mean only, as in «entirely made of wood». tree →

sense in the lessons

In school writing and maths it makes a statement strong: «The shape is entirely shaded» means every part is shaded. In everyday speech «not entirely» means «not completely», a polite way to disagree. Phrases: «entirely different», «entirely your fault», «not entirely sure», «made entirely of».

examples

• The house was made entirely of wood. tree →
• I'm not entirely sure where we are. tree →
• It was entirely my fault, and I'm sorry. tree →
• The rectangle is entirely shaded, so the fraction is one whole. tree →
• The two stories are entirely different. tree →
• The cake was eaten almost entirely by the dog. tree →
• The decision is entirely up to you. tree →
• It was made entirely of ice. tree →

note

Spelled entire + ly (keep the «e»). «Not entirely» is softer than «not at all». In maths, «entirely» means the whole, every part, 100 per cent.

In the corpora

• Toy Story, made by Pixar in 1995, was the first full-length film made entirely by computer animation.
• The Cat's head fades away while he is gone; when he comes back with the Duchess, it has entirely disappeared.
• "Not entirely accurate" is a polite way to say false.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «entirely» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.