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   wholly

   /ˈhəʊlli/

   adverb

   • 1. entirely; fully: "she found herself given over wholly to sensation" Similar completelytotallyabsolutelyentirelyfullythoroughlyutterlyquiteperfectlyaltogetherdownrightwithout qualificationwithout reservationunreservedlyin every respectin all respectsunconditionallyunconstrainedlyunrestrictedlyconsummatelyundisputedlyunmitigatedlywholeheartedlyradicallystarkjustto the hiltall the wayto the maximum extentinformal:one hundred per centtotesexclusivelyonlysolelypurelysimplymerelyaloneto the exclusion of everything/everyone else

   Word Origin Middle English: probably already in Old English(see whole, -ly2).

   Scrabble Points: 15

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