US /ɪnˈtaɪɹli/ UK /ɪnˈtaɪəli/
adv Freq #2642

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    Completely or fully.

    It is entirely up to you where we go.

  2. 2
    adv

    Only, with nothing else involved.

    He was entirely to blame for the accident.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · completely or fully. completelywholly
2 adv · only, with nothing else... solelyexclusively
Word family
Related forms entirety

Etymology

From Middle English entyerly, entierly, enterely, entyreliche, equivalent to entire + -ly.

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