ENTIRELY


Meaning of ENTIRELY in English

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

1.

Entirely means completely and not just partly.

...an ~ new approach...

Fraud is an ~ different matter...

Their price depended almost ~ 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 ~...

Oh, the whole episode was ~ his fault.

ADV: ADV with v, ADV group emphasis

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