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ENTIRELY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent ('whole' is often used informally for 'wholly')

Example:

he fell right into the trap

Synonyms:

all; altogether; completely; entirely; right; totally; whole; wholly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

entire (constituting the full quantity or extent; complete)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Without any others being included or involved

Example:

a privilege granted only to him

Synonyms:

alone; entirely; exclusively; only; solely

Classified under:

Adverbs

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 Context examples: 

These relatively low values mean that the two gas giants are made almost entirely of hydrogen and helium.

('Warm Neptune' Has Unexpectedly Primitive Atmosphere, NASA)

However, its benefits may be greater once there are treatments to halt Alzheimer’s or prevent its onset entirely.

(New Alzheimer’s Blood Test Could Detect Signs of Symptoms Decades Earlier, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Small stars, on the other hand, consist almost entirely of convective, roiling regions.

(Kepler Watches Stellar Dancers in the Pleiades Cluster, NASA)

Typically, when a lake dries up entirely, it leaves piles of pure salt crystals behind.

(NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds an Ancient Oasis on Mars, NASA)

Perhaps I might; but all that you know is entirely comparative.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The Ankyrin cytoskeletal protein is composed almost entirely of these repeats.

(Ankyrin Repeat, NCI Thesaurus)

"The strains of resistant E. coli found in food, were almost entirely different from the types found in human faeces, sewage and bloodstream infections", said Dr. Livermore.

(Wash your hands or else spread superbug E. coli, say scientists, Wikinews)

Previous infrared studies of the dwarf planet revealed that while Makemake’s surface is almost entirely bright and very cold, some areas appear warmer than other areas.

(Hubble Discovers Moon Orbiting the Dwarf Planet Makemake, NASA)

Jupiter and Saturn are made almost entirely of hydrogen and helium, with smaller percentages of these ices.

(Cassini spies the ice-giant planet Uranus, NASA)

The technology is entirely developed in Foz do Iguaçu, in the southern state of Paraná, where the power plant controlled by both Brazil and Paraguay is located.

(Biomethane rises as alternate source of energy in Brazil, Agência Brasil)