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whole

/hoʊl/ adverb C2
  1. In entirety; entirely; wholly. (colloquial) · I ate a fish whole!· That’s a whole other story.
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A GROOM used to spend whole days in currycombing and rubbing down his Horse, but at the same time stole his oats and sold them for his own profit.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 16 · B2
The Wolf, having no cause of fear, at his leisure lacerated or destroyed the whole flock.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 19 · B2
He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow of eighteen or twenty, with black eyes, and hair as dark as a raven’s wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 2 · C1
Villefort immediately rose from table and quitted the room upon the plea of urgent business; he soon, however, returned, his whole face beaming with delight.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 53 · C1

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