entirely

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UK/ɪnˈtaɪəli/US/ɪnˈtaɪɹli/

adverb

To the full or entire extent.

“I'm entirely to blame.”

CommonScrabble 11

Meanings

adverbentirely (not comparable)

alternative archaic entierly · alternative archaic nonstandard intirely

  1. not comparableTo the full or entire extent.

    manuscript pages entirely without ornament.

    5 more examples

    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.

    [O]bſerving [...] abundance of Matter floating in the Urine like Bran, with a great Number of Recrements like Cuttings of Hair, ſome above an Inch long, which Subſtances were found in all the Water that I made in above Twelve Months; for which I could get no Remedy: I was adviſed to drink Water, which in about half a Year did intirely free me from thoſe Symptoms, [...]

    1723, John Smith, The Curiosities of Common Water: Or The Advantages thereof in Preventing and Curing Many Distempers. […], 5th edition, London: […] John and Barham Clark, […], →OCLC, pages 9–10

    Frommer spoke to me—mostly in English—about the challenges of creating an entirely alien language.

    2009 December 1, Julian Sancton, “Brushing up on Na'vi, the Language of Avatar”, in Vanity Fair, archived from the original on 10 Feb 2010

    Unlike Ali G Indahouse, Baron Cohen’s failed attempt to bring his most famous character into an entirely fictional universe, Borat found the comic tension in placing his Kazakhstani buffoon in delicate social situations, like a rodeo where he supports the “War Of Terror” a bit too zealously.

    2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2012

    Synonyms: completely

  2. not comparableTo the exclusion of others; solely.

    I'm entirely to blame.

    1 more example

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

    Synonyms: solely

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbTo the full or entire extent.

Similar

adverbTo the exclusion of others; solely.

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More synonyms by meaning

adverbto a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely

adverbwithout any others being included or involved

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishentyerly
  2. Englishentirely

From Middle English entyerly, entierly, enterely, entyreliche, equivalent to entire + -ly.

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Translations

Ancient Greek πάντως
  • πάντως (pántōs)to the full extent
Bulgarian напълно, изцяло
  • напълно (napălno)to the full extent
  • изцяло (izcjalo)to the full extent
  • само (samo)to the exclusion of others
  • единствено (edinstveno)to the exclusion of others
Catalan totalment, enterament
  • totalmentto the full extent
  • enteramentto the full extent
Czech zcela
  • zcelato the full extent
Danish helt, fuldstændig
  • heltto the full extent
  • fuldstændigto the full extent
  • gansketo the full extent
  • udelukkendeto the exclusion of others
Dutch helemaal, geheel
  • helemaalto the full extent
  • geheelto the full extent
  • volledigto the full extent
Esperanto tute
  • tuteto the full extent
Finnish täysin, kokonaan
  • täysinto the full extent
  • kokonaanto the full extent
French entièrement
  • entièrementto the full extent
German völlig, vollkommen
  • völligto the full extent
  • vollkommento the full extent
Greek τελείως
  • τελείως (teleíos)to the full extent
Hungarian teljesen, egészen
  • teljesento the full extent
  • egészento the full extent
Italian pienamente, interamente
  • pienamenteto the full extent
  • interamenteto the full extent
  • totalmenteto the full extent
  • esclusivamenteto the exclusion of others
Japanese 全部, 全て
  • 全部 (zembu)to the full extent
  • 全て (subete)to the full extent
  • 丸ごと (marugoto)to the full extent
Latin omnīnō, funditus
  • omnīnōto the full extent
  • funditusto the full extent
Lithuanian ištisai, visai
  • ištisaito the full extent
  • visaito the full extent
  • visiškaito the full extent
Norwegian fullstendig, totalt
  • fullstendigto the full extent
  • totaltto the full extent
  • komplettto the full extent
Norwegian Bokmål helt, helt og holdent
  • heltto the full extent
  • helt og holdentto the full extent
  • kunto the exclusion of others
  • bareto the exclusion of others
Polish całkowicie, zupełnie
  • całkowicieto the full extent
  • zupełnieto the full extent
Romanian în întregime, totalmente
  • în întregimeto the full extent
  • totalmenteto the full extent
  • cu totulto the full extent
Russian по́лностью, вполне́
  • по́лностью (pólnostʹju)to the full extent
  • вполне́ (vpolné)to the full extent
  • всеце́ло (vsecélo)to the full extent
  • соверше́нно (soveršénno)to the full extent
  • совсе́м (sovsém)to the full extent
  • исключи́тельно (isključítelʹno)to the exclusion of others
Scottish Gaelic gu lèir
  • gu lèirto the full extent
Slovak úplne
  • úplneto the full extent
Spanish enteramente, de todo punto
  • enteramenteto the full extent
  • de todo puntoto the full extent
  • del todoto the full extent
  • por enteroto the full extent
  • enteramenteto the exclusion of others
Ukrainian по́вністю, цілко́м
  • по́вністю (póvnistju)to the full extent
  • цілко́м (cilkóm)to the full extent
  • ви́ключно (výključno)to the exclusion of others

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APA

entirely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entirely

MLA

“entirely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entirely. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “entirely,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entirely.

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