as in completely
to a full extent or degree
not wholly convinced by the evidence that the prosecutor presented
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Recent Examples of wholly
Lenders or mortgage brokers could also incorrectly decline an application or approve and commit to terms based on information that isn’t wholly accurate.
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Reza Ghazi, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
The seventeen-year-old mandolin-and-violin tune that millennials played with anticipatory nostalgia during college is now accompanying social-media video clips about the DC Universe, its cringe wholly recuperated as commodity.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
While Swift was naming the covers, Travis was wholly impressed.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Despite the deal’s collapse, Pierson still describes herself on her speaker’s agent web page as a board member of Forbes—which is wholly incorrect.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Reza Ghazi, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
The seventeen-year-old mandolin-and-violin tune that millennials played with anticipatory nostalgia during college is now accompanying social-media video clips about the DC Universe, its cringe wholly recuperated as commodity.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
While Swift was naming the covers, Travis was wholly impressed.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Despite the deal’s collapse, Pierson still describes herself on her speaker’s agent web page as a board member of Forbes—which is wholly incorrect.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wholly
Adverb
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Still, the largest enterprise customers will likely take much longer to fully transition.—
Steve McDowell,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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But that’s just a moving moment within a show fully devoted to laughs.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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McBride is able to capture the often indistinguishable line between agony and pleasure, the way one can be known totally and known not at all from one moment to the next.—
Book Marks
August 28,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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That was just a totally different recording procedure.—
Pat Blashill,
Rolling Stone,
28 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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And Just Like That left us with felt, sadly and utterly disappointingly, far more one-dimensional.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
15 Aug. 2025
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Kudos to Kan-Kan for making movie-going utterly pleasant.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
13 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Tanner, who is quite religious, was doing the latter.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Most of the utensils were pretty cheap, quite worn, and really should have been tossed a long time ago—including my black plastic spatula.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Each bite of this classic comfort food delivers taste and textural elements that perfectly compliment each other.—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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The family restored it to its former glory and continue to display the historic motto on the walls - ‘No Pains, No Gains’, a motto Guigal declares epitomises the company’s ethos perfectly.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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How to prevent your car from being stolen in Tennessee Thanks to modern technological innovations there are several ways to deter or prevent auto theft entirely.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
25 Aug. 2025
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Innovation that beats inflation by creating entirely new categories of value.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Remnants of those influences are all around the country.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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Anthropic, OpenAI, and DeepMind have all outlined escalating levels of safety precautions—akin to the military’s DEFCON system—corresponding to more powerful AI models.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
21 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The first half of the documentary is a delightful and thoroughly unlikely progression through one of the most colorful artistic moments in recent history, steered by Asher’s own memories and appearances by friends including Twiggy, Eric Idle and many more.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Aug. 2025
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These professionals ensure that instruments are thoroughly cleaned before and after surgery.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Wholly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wholly. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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