Definitions for wholly

wholly whol·ly

Spelling: [hoh-lee, hohl-lee]
IPA: /ˈhoʊ li, ˈhoʊl li/

Wholly is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in wholly (hllowy).

Definitions for wholly

adverb

  1. entirely; totally; altogether; quite.
  2. to the whole amount, extent, etc.
  3. so as to comprise or involve all.

Origin of wholly

First recorded in 1250-1300, wholly is from the Middle English word holliche. See whole, -ly

Examples for wholly

You, my dear, are happy—May you always be so—and then I can never be wholly miserable.

I got to trust you wholly in these matters, and I know I can do it, too.

That is not to say the students who submit to the elitism and racism promoted by the USC Greek system are wholly sympathetic.

The precision it took to craft such a cohesive, wholly compelling work over 12 years is nothing short of remarkable.

Her borderline apologetic view is, frankly, a bit irksome, though not wholly unexpected based on Transmormon.

Still she was a girl; and no girl could be wholly without importance on such a day.

A group of New York chefs show The Daily Beast how to enliven, or wholly recast, holiday table staples.

Robert, though not a professional fisherman, was not wholly inexperienced.

One's attention was not called to it otherwise than as a wholly inevitable state.

Sex, then, is not wholly experiential but at least partially transactional.

Word Value for wholly
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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