WHOLLY


Meaning of WHOLLY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hoʊlli ]

You use wholly to emphasize the extent or degree to which something is the case.

While the two are only days apart in age they seem to belong to wholly different generations...

For urban areas this approach was wholly inadequate...

= completely, entirely

ADV : ADV adj , ADV with cl / group [ emphasis ]

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