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wholly

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  • Regno Unito//ˈhəʊ.li//
  • Regno Unito/[ˈhəʊ.lɪ]/
  • Regno Unito//ˈhəʊl.li//
  • Regno Unito/[ˈhɒʊɫ.lɪ]/
  • Stati Uniti//ˈhoʊ.li//

Completely and entirely; to the fullest extent.

avverbio

  1. 1

    Completely and entirely; to the fullest extent.

    wholly wrong

    a wholly-owned subsidiary

    And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet haue troden, shall be thine inheritance, and thy childrens for euer, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God.

    Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.

  2. 2

    informaleCompletely and entirely; to the fullest extent. Very; to a great extent.

  3. 3

    Exclusively and solely.

    A creature wholly given to brawls and wine.

Etimologia

From Middle English holly, holeliche, holliche (also as halely, hallich, etc.). Doublet of earlier holy. By surface analysis, whol(e) + -ly.

Le pagine vicineL'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.

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