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entirely

[en-tahy^uhr-lee]

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adverb

wholly or fully; completely or unreservedly: I am not entirely satisfied with the architect's design.

solely or exclusively.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English; see entire, -ly

Synonyms
1. totally, thoroughly.

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The indifferent, rather cynical look which was on her face throughout the trial had entirely disappeared.

But if we're talking about approval of a new workload formula or revision of our mission, that can be an entirely different story.

The first devices to be powered entirely by ambient energy are likely to be sensors, calculators and clocks.

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The indifferent, rather cynical look which was on her face throughout the trial had entirely disappeared.

But if we're talking about approval of a new workload formula or revision of our mission, that can be an entirely different story.

The first devices to be powered entirely by ambient energy are likely to be sensors, calculators and clocks.

The yellow-bellied marmot feeds entirely on green vegetation of many kinds.

Threatening green skies during a thunderstorm also proved entirely independent of the type of severe weather that came with.

Intriguingly, humpbacks in different populations sing entirely different songs from those elsewhere in the world.

But while we're astounded, we're not entirely surprised.

Even with more digital tools, people haven't given up on paper entirely.

The result is a fascinating but not entirely successful hybrid.

But one student, to all appearances, seemed entirely untouched by our discussions.

Murderers are murderers entirely by their own choosing.

In northern part of range in winter, fur entirely white except for.

Researchers have sequenced key genomes, discovered an entirely new order of insect and probed the outer.

The future of food was envisioned by many prognosticators as entirely meatless and often synthetic.

If the covering is a synthetic material, remove it entirely.

At first, it's odd, hopping on a bike frame made entirely of wood.

But on the face of it this looks entirely reasonable.

But today's academic job market is not entirely a buyer's market.

The region is almost entirely dependent on imports, as the.

Their bodies are almost entirely dedicated to reproduction.

Further, it is entirely possible to meet current physical activity guidelines while still being incredibly sedentary.

The two may as well be in entirely different dimensions, the match up between the new footage and the old stock is so bad.

Bluefin are an entirely separate, troubling category of farmed fish.

Whales are highly-modified, once-hoofed mammals which are entirely aquatic.

It's another thing entirely for someone to say it in a crossword.

The clinic hopes eventually to pay for it entirely through endowment income.

In coming years wireless will vanish entirely from view, as communications chips are embedded in a host of everyday objects.

Unique amongst mammals, the common vampire bat feeds entirely on blood sucked from its warm-blooded prey.

There is a reason cats prefer meaty wet food to dry kibble, and disdain sugar entirely.

Deadhorse consists almost entirely of oil rigs, pipes, and metal buildings.

And, get this, it gets by entirely on natural precipitation.

And turning it into another cable provider will be the best way to kill it off entirely.

The dishes at this entirely organic restaurant are vegetable-loaded, simple and tasty.

Obviously this is in part because she speaks to me so strongly politically, but not entirely.

The claim that this money is wholly wasted may not be entirely fair, though.

It is ringed with centuries-old walls and entirely surrounded.

It was–he would come to convince himself–a single individual of an entirely new order of beasts.

Bernard dogs were famous for an entirely different reason: saving lives.

Try it side by side next to store-bought butter and you'll think they are two entirely different products.

The resolve is striking, though not entirely surprising.

Dusoulier's voice is boisterous, spirited, delightful and entirely forgiving.

The cost would be covered entirely through revenue from the state lottery.

Singapore's prime minister, revealed that the party had given hard thought to whether one-party rule was entirely a good thing.

Many labs and scientists have invented entirely new methods to read the human genome.

Uncertainty is an inherent problem of science, but manufactured uncertainty is another matter entirely.

Because they were not entirely dependent upon the potato, they survived the famine relatively unscathed.

While it doesn't entirely succeed, it's far from a failure.

Humanity has now made the leap to an entirely new level of planetary importance.

Neither side was entirely happy with the compromise, and both said they would review the ruling before deciding what to do next.

But the benefits of recovery seem to have been distributed almost entirely to the owners of capital rather than workers.

Create a piece of local art made entirely out of products produced or found in your community.

These horses represented over half a million dollars cash value, which was entirely wiped out in a single week.

It is a delicate process since the needs of the fungus and the needs of the trees are not entirely the same.

Instead of dying out entirely, these insects found an entirely new lifestyle.

But the room ensures that it is not entirely a pleasant one.

It seems entirely possible that this means having to show up to an office every day all summer.

Saddam's showy return to the faith was perhaps not entirely cynical.

It was a sadly fitting end for a man whose life had been entirely dominated by war.

Schultz--that he would be able to say good-bye to physical chemistry and immerse himself entirely in immunology.

They look somewhat snakelike, though sea snakes are entirely different.

But to ban people for protesting when the process has been used illegitimately is something entirely different.

And, in the center of the room, there would stand an enormous dinosaur skeleton that was almost entirely real.

Whether that is an entirely good thing has become a matter of debate among economists since the financial crisis.

Blackback crabs live almost entirely on land, returning to the water only to spawn.

How such a ball would travel when kicked is entirely different issue, of course.

It entirely lacked any sign of internal bone structure that a real dinosaur bone would exhibit.

Many of the microbes that metagenomics is revealing are entirely new to science.

Used-book stores haven't entirely disappeared, but their numbers have thinned.

What happened next is not entirely clear, but official reports.

If they don't already know, explain to students that an island is a body of land that is entirely surrounded by water.

Nobody familiar with the power grid expects blackouts to disappear entirely.

And, as is too often the case, the gallery of scientific experts are entirely male and pale.

It's all the more exasperating then that his thesis is framed entirely against that one dimension of the critique.

Their responses revealed to me that they had been entirely aware of his de facto theft of another scholar's ideas.

The online encyclopedia is written entirely by volunteers.

But four stand out because they are made entirely of stone.

What was entirely unexpected, however, was that these same neurons fired when a scientist in the lab reached for the nuts instead.

One or two items in each column had a check mark penciled to the left of it, or a line drawn through the word entirely.

The vehicle is unique in that the design team was composed entirely of women.

Being on the receiving end of formula software can be entirely disheartening.

Winning, of course, would be an entirely different matter.

The builders of the museum will either have to clean the water or replace it entirely with an artificial lagoon.

It's a fair point, if not one that will be entirely surprising to biologists.

Ultimately, entirely new types of artists will also emerge from all of this.

Statistically, though, you're entirely likely to have a completely healthy baby.

Yet the decision is not entirely surprising, as it relates to a long-running trade dispute.

He noted that the carnivores require vast territories and that some lion prides exist entirely outside park boundaries.

The inhabitants of paved cities are almost entirely exempt from attacks of malaria.

We're looking for some of the only giraffes in the world that roam entirely in unprotected habitat.

Bachchan's helicopter was in the movie--they had to come up with something entirely different than what was in the book.

The current value of capital depends entirely upon future expectations.

Kilauea is a shield volcano, or a low, gently sloping volcano built almost entirely from.

The branching of the dendrites arises for an entirely different reason.

The technique was an entirely novel way of embellishing ceramic art, typically used for tableware and ceremonial vessels.

And, with a couple of exceptions, entirely white men plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose.

But these fairly common events occurred on entirely different tectonic plates.

Even though the modern ride may not be entirely authentic, it is being so close to history that draws in many of the riders.

To say the past completely defines the future is to eliminate the the evolution of entirely new forms.

Not everyone is entirely open about their collecting.

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World English Dictionary

entirely (ɪnˈtaɪəlɪ)

—*adv*
1.	without reservation or exception; wholly; completely
2.	solely or exclusively; only

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Word Origin & History

entirely

mid-14c., from entire + -ly (2).

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"A man's first Care should be to avoid the Reproaches of his own Heart; his next, to escape the Censures of the World: If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected; but otherwise, there cannot be a greater Satisfaction to an honest Mind, than to see those Approbations which it gives itself seconded by the Applauses of the Publick: A Man is more sure of his Conduct, when the Verdict which he passes upon his own Behaviour is thus warranted, and confirmed by the Opinion of all that know him."

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