wholly

«wholly» in Mova's school dictionary: Completely; fully; entirely (wholly true, wholly owned) — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

Completely; fully; entirely (wholly true, wholly owned). tree →

sense in the 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

• 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

• Germany, with its capital Berlin, has the most people of any country wholly in Europe, about 84 million.
• Ukraine, with its capital Kyiv, is the largest country wholly in Europe, at about 600,000 square kilometres.
• Ukraine is the largest country wholly in Europe, because only about a quarter of Russia's land is in Europe.
• 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.

Trees and pragmatics

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