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Allin

entirely

adverbcommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ɪnˈtaɪəli//
  • United States//ɪnˈtaɪɹli//

To the full or entire extent.

adverb

  1. 1

    To the full or entire extent.

    It is entirely up to you where we go, as I’ll be happy with anywhere.

    The cake hadn’t entirely been eaten, so some was saved for later.

    manuscript pages entirely without ornament.

    [O]bſerving [...] abundance of Matter floating in the Urine like Bran, with a great Number of Recrements like Cuttings of Hair, ſome above an Inch long, which Subſtances were found in all the Water that I made in above Twelve Months; for which I could get no Remedy: I was adviſed to drink Water, which in about half a Year did intirely free me from thoſe Symptoms, [...]

  2. 2

    To the exclusion of others; solely.

    I'm entirely to blame.

    This part of the park is used entirely by the workers; everyone else will have to go to the other side.

Etymology

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

The neighbouring pagesAlphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.

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