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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENTI'RELY, adv. Wholly; completely; fully; as, the money is entirely lost.
1. In the whole; without division.
Euphrates--falls not entirely into the Persian sea.
2. With firm adherence or devotion; faithfully.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea" [syn: wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole] [ant: part, partially, partly]
2: without any others being included or involved; "was entirely to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a privilege granted only to him" [syn: entirely, exclusively, solely, alone, only]

Merriam Webster's

adverb Date: 14th century 1. to the full or entire extent ; completely <I agree entirely> <you are entirely welcome> 2. to the exclusion of others ; solely <entirely by my own efforts>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. 1 wholly, completely (the stock is entirely exhausted). 2 solely, exclusively (did it entirely for my benefit).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Entirely En*tire"ly, adv. 1. In an entire manner; wholly; completely; fully; as, the trace is entirely lost. Euphrates falls not entirely into the Persian Sea. --Raleigh. 2. Without alloy or mixture; truly; sincerely. To highest God entirely pray. --Spenser.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Entirely means completely and not just partly. ...an entirely new approach... Fraud is an entirely different matter... Their price depended almost entirely on their scarcity... = completely, totally ADV: ADV adj, ADV with v, ADV with cl/group 2. Entirely is also used to emphasize what you are saying. I agree entirely... Oh, the whole episode was entirely his fault. ADV: ADV with v, ADV group [emphasis]

Moby Thesaurus

absolutely, across the board, all, all out, all put together, alone, altogether, as a body, as a whole, at large, bodily, but, clearly, collectively, completely, comprehensively, corporately, definitely, en bloc, en masse, exclusively, exhaustively, faultlessly, flawlessly, fully, globally, hundred per cent, ideally, immaculately, impeccably, in a body, in all, in all respects, in bulk, in every respect, in full, in full measure, in its entirety, in the aggregate, in the gross, in the lump, in the mass, in toto, inclusively, infallibly, inside out, integrally, irreducibly, just right, largely, lock, merely, on all counts, one and all, only, outright, perfectly, plumb, positively, purely, quite, root and branch, roundly, simply, solely, spotlessly, thoroughly, to a T, to the hilt, totally, tout a fait, tout ensemble, unambiguously, unanalyzably, unconditionally, undividedly, unequivocally, unreservedly, utterly, wholly, without exception