Antonyms for entirely
ɛnˈtaɪər lien·tire·ly

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1. entirelyadverb

   to the full or entire extent.

   Synonyms:
   completely

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, wholeadverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   all in all, altogether, all told, on the whole, whole, solely, tout ensemble, completely, totally, in all, exclusively, wholly, all, only, alone

2. entirely, exclusively, solely, alone, onlyadverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   solely, exclusively, whole, unaccompanied, completely, alone, altogether, only if, but, only, simply, wholly, just, all, merely, only when, totally, solo

How to use entirely in a sentence?

1. Henry Spiller:

   This burden we're putting in the health care system is entirely preventable, these are children who do not need a hospital if not but for the fact that they were accidentally poisoned by medications that were not designed to be taken by them.

2. Lindsay Conner:

   The 'South Park' episode was about as deliberate a provocation as one can get, it's what 'South Park' is about. The response of the Chinese censors was entirely predictable.

3. Charlotte Wenham:

   Amazon does not provide any real support. It was entirely up to us to manage it.

4. Richard Hale:

   We have quite a lot of faith in the cleared defense industry, we believe that we can develop this information technology with industry as safely as we could as if we were to do the development entirely in house.

5. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

   Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language, and forthwith it is something entirely different.

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