Wholly
adverb
Completely, not partly or in some degree.
I was wholly to blame for the argument.
Often appears as...
- wholly responsible
- wholly owned
adverb
Exclusively, only.
The project was wholly funded by donations.
Often appears as...
- wholly owned
- wholly funded
adverb
Completely, not partly or in some degree.
I was wholly to blame for the argument.
Often appears as...
- wholly responsible
- wholly owned
adverb
Exclusively, only.
The project was wholly funded by donations.
Often appears as...
- wholly owned
- wholly funded
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Emphasis
Use 'wholly' to emphasize a strong personal responsibility or involvement in a situation.
I feel wholly responsible for the success of our team.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Fractional
'Wholly' is used when something is not divided into parts or fractions.
The charity is wholly dedicated to providing clean water.
Pro Tip 3/3No Exceptions
By using 'wholly', you're stating that there are no exceptions to the rule or situation.
The evidence was wholly convincing.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Emphasis
Use 'wholly' to emphasize a strong personal responsibility or involvement in a situation.
I feel wholly responsible for the success of our team.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Fractional
'Wholly' is used when something is not divided into parts or fractions.
The charity is wholly dedicated to providing clean water.
Pro Tip 3/3No Exceptions
By using 'wholly', you're stating that there are no exceptions to the rule or situation.
The evidence was wholly convincing.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Emphasis
Use 'wholly' to emphasize a strong personal responsibility or involvement in a situation.
I feel wholly responsible for the success of our team.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Fractional
'Wholly' is used when something is not divided into parts or fractions.
The charity is wholly dedicated to providing clean water.
Pro Tip 3/3No Exceptions
By using 'wholly', you're stating that there are no exceptions to the rule or situation.
The evidence was wholly convincing.
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Why is our universe...
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last couple of weeks I I particularly wanted to have this conversation hearing that as a world-renowned scientist you're working in a department where you might get an email that says gentlemen here's what's happening in our department that seems wholly
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Risk Takers: Extreme...
and, kind of, freedom that I feel. And it's kind of, it's this euphoric and rare thing. And as you take that last stroke, you paddle out of the eddy, that stroke that commits you into paddling a drop, into a decision that you've made wholly on your own
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The Relationship Between...
And it isn't wholly dependent on a partner. It starts with you. You're the one in control of creating the most pleasure for you. You're the protagonist. As much as you love someone or feel attracted to them, they are playing a supporting role.
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C.K. Williams: Poetry...
a kind of being in the world spontaneously, with grace. Weightfully upon me was the world. Weightfully this self which graced the world yet never wholly itself. Weightfully this self which weighed upon me,
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How exposing anonymous...
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Marijuana Nation PIPE...
utopia a place wholly devoted to a pot smoking way of life and something he'd like to see worldwide according to the UN Canada has the highest number of pot
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Clumsy Leopard Cub...
sign yet of the mother she must be nearby this cup is still wholly dependent on her for food and protection
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Poetry for the Red White...
almost wholly even if blood was now leaking from our eardrums
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Is our universe the only...
dimensions then the physical features of each universe will be different and in particular the amount of dark energy in each universe will be different which means that the mystery of explaining the amount of dark energy we've now measured would take on a wholly different character in this context the laws of physics
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Why is our universe...
then the physical features of each universe will be different, and in particular, the amount of dark energy in each universe will be different. Which means that the mystery of explaining the amount of dark energy we've now measured would take on a wholly different character.
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Planet or Plastic? PIPE...
last couple of weeks I I particularly wanted to have this conversation hearing that as a world-renowned scientist you're working in a department where you might get an email that says gentlemen here's what's happening in our department that seems wholly
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Risk Takers: Extreme...
and, kind of, freedom that I feel. And it's kind of, it's this euphoric and rare thing. And as you take that last stroke, you paddle out of the eddy, that stroke that commits you into paddling a drop, into a decision that you've made wholly on your own
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The Relationship Between...
And it isn't wholly dependent on a partner. It starts with you. You're the one in control of creating the most pleasure for you. You're the protagonist. As much as you love someone or feel attracted to them, they are playing a supporting role.
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C.K. Williams: Poetry...
a kind of being in the world spontaneously, with grace. Weightfully upon me was the world. Weightfully this self which graced the world yet never wholly itself. Weightfully this self which weighed upon me,
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How exposing anonymous...
This allows someone to create a complex world-wide chain of ownership that can take years to unravel. A company based in the U.S. may be wholly owned by another one in Liechtenstein,
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Marijuana Nation PIPE...
utopia a place wholly devoted to a pot smoking way of life and something he'd like to see worldwide according to the UN Canada has the highest number of pot
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Clumsy Leopard Cub...
sign yet of the mother she must be nearby this cup is still wholly dependent on her for food and protection
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Poetry for the Red White...
almost wholly even if blood was now leaking from our eardrums
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
American Physicist
I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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Henry Grunwald
Austrian Editor
In medicine as well as in romantic poetry, it is the heart that is the center and controlling mechanics of life. If the heart stops, life stops. The loss of sight doesn't not mean death. Yet for ages, the eyes was believed to contain a human being's vital essence - a not wholly irrational belief.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet.
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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
It was one of those evenings when men feel that truth, goodness and beauty are one. In the morning, when they commit their discovery to paper, when others read it written there, it looks wholly ridiculous.
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George H. W. Bush
American President
America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know you.
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Thomas Aquinas
Italian Theologian
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.
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Gordon W. Allport
American Psychologist
The surest way to lose truth is to pretend that one already wholly possesses it.
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Rumaan Alam
American Author
I love fiction's ability to allow me to inhabit a wholly different life.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
American Physicist
I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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Henry Grunwald
Austrian Editor
In medicine as well as in romantic poetry, it is the heart that is the center and controlling mechanics of life. If the heart stops, life stops. The loss of sight doesn't not mean death. Yet for ages, the eyes was believed to contain a human being's vital essence - a not wholly irrational belief.
Quote examples
Franz Kafka
Novelist
It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet.
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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
It was one of those evenings when men feel that truth, goodness and beauty are one. In the morning, when they commit their discovery to paper, when others read it written there, it looks wholly ridiculous.
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George H. W. Bush
American President
America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know you.
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Thomas Aquinas
Italian Theologian
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.
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Gordon W. Allport
American Psychologist
The surest way to lose truth is to pretend that one already wholly possesses it.
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Rumaan Alam
American Author
I love fiction's ability to allow me to inhabit a wholly different life.
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