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wholly

/ˈhoʊ.li/ adverb C2
  1. Completely and entirely; to the fullest extent. · wholly wrong· a wholly-owned subsidiary
  2. Exclusively and solely. · A creature wholly given to brawls and wine.
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The idea of the olive branch perhaps is not wholly new, yet I think it is well expressed.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 71 · B2
She was resolved against any sort of conversation with him, and turned away with a degree of ill-humour which she could not wholly surmount even in speaking to Mr.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 100 · B2
“I never saw a more promising inclination; he was growing quite inattentive to other people, and wholly engrossed by her.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 163 · B2
Collins was carefully instructing them in what they were to expect, that the sight of such rooms, so many servants, and so splendid a dinner, might not wholly overpower them.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 185 · B2

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