adverb
- To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'. )
- usage: "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"
- synonyms: entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole
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