entirely
adverbecourant dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ɪnˈtaɪəli//
- États-Unis//ɪnˈtaɪɹli//
To the full or entire extent.
adverbe
- 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
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.
Étymologie
From Middle English entyerly, entierly, enterely, entyreliche, equivalent to entire + -ly.
entirely · To the full or entire extent.
entitled · Having a title.entity · That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit,…Entity · The central intelligence agency of the Holy See, which…