entirely

English

Alternative forms

• entierly (chiefly archaic)
• intirely (archaic or nonstandard)

Etymology

entire +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ɪnˈtaɪəli/
• (US) IPA: /ɪnˈtaɪɹli/

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• Hyphenation: en‧tire‧ly

Adverb

entirely (not comparable)

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.

2. to the exclusion of others.

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

Synonyms

• (to the full extent): completely
• (to the exclusion of others):

Related terms

• entirety

Translations

to the full extent

Ainu: アアラ (āra) Bulgarian: напълно (bg), изцяло (bg) Czech: zcela (cs)

Latin: omnīnō (la) Russian: полностью (ru) (pólnost'ju), вполне (ru) (vpoln'é), всецело (ru) (vs'ecélo), совершенно (ru) (sov'eršénno), совсем (ru) (sovs'ém)

to the exclusion of others

Bulgarian: само (bg), единствено (bg)

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Serbo-Croatian: posve (hr) sasvim (hr) French: entièrement (1) Ido: tote

Norwegian: fullstendig, totalt Swedish: totalt (1), helt och hållet (1)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: youth · sudden · usual · #724: entirely · system · sister · occasion