entirely

adverb

en·​tire·​ly in-ˈtī(-ə)r-lē 

ˈen-ˌtī(-ə)r-

1

: to the full or entire extent : completely

I agree entirely

you are entirely welcome

2

: to the exclusion of others : solely

entirely by my own efforts

Synonyms

• all
• all of
• all over
• altogether
• clean
• completely
• dead
• enough
• entire
• even
• exactly
• fast
• flat
• full
• fully
• heartily
• out
• perfectly
• plumb [chiefly dialect]
• quite
• soundly
• thoroughly
• through and through
• totally
• utterly
• well
• wholly
• wide

Examples of entirely in a Sentence

are you entirely aware of what you're doing with that thing?

Recent Examples on the Web

But that spark was short-lived, though entirely riveting. —Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025

David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future was shot entirely in Greece. —Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025

Furze, by contrast, continued to conceive, film, and edit his videos almost entirely on his own, with his modest budget almost exclusively dedicated to the materials needed for his projects. —Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025

His stake in the property would shrink over the years, and eventually he was squeezed out entirely, but made a deal to keep his name on most of the buildings. —S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1