ENTIRELY


Meaning of ENTIRELY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪntaɪə(r)li ]

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

Entirely means completely and not just partly.

...an entirely new approach...

Fraud is an entirely different matter...

Their price depended almost entirely on their scarcity...

= completely, totally

ADV : ADV adj , ADV with v , ADV with cl / group

2.

Entirely is also used to emphasize what you are saying.

I agree entirely...

Oh, the whole episode was entirely his fault.

ADV : ADV with v , ADV group [ emphasis ]

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