Definition of entirely

"entirely" in the adverb sense

1. wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole, right

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"

"she felt right at home"

"he fell right into the trap"

2. entirely, exclusively, solely, alone, only

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"

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Quotations for entirely

In the whole; entirely.

Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mightier than the sword. [ Edward Bulwer Lytton ]

Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mightier than the sword. Behold
The arch enchanter's wand! itself a nothing!
But taking sorcery from the master hand.
To paralyze the Caesars, and to strike
The loud earth breathless! [ Edward Bulwer-Lytton ]

I never heard tell of any clever man that came of entirely stupid people. [ Carlyle ]

No man can be so entirely evil as to stifle the last ray of light in his soul. [ Körner ]

London society is entirely composed of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics. [ Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband ]

To be happy, there are certain sides of our nature that must be entirely stultified. [ Chamfort ]

No man can be so entirely a devil as to extinguish in himself the last ray of light. [ Th. Körner ]

Check and restrain anger. Never make any determination until you find it has entirely subsided. [ Lord Collingwood ]

The London season is entirely matrimonial. People are either hunting for husbands or hiding from them. [ Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband ]

God alone is entirely exempt from all want: of human virtues, that which needs least is the most absolute and divine. [ Plutarch ]

When the heart is still agitated by the remains of a passion, we are more ready to receive a new one than when we are entirely cured. [ Rochefoucauld ]

It is with certain good qualities as with the senses; those who are entirely deprived of them can neither appreciate nor comprehend them. [ Rochefoucauld ]

It is a certain rule that wit and passion are entirely incompatible. When the affections are moved, there is no place for the imagination. [ Hume ]

When one is five-and-twenty, one has not chalkstones at one's finger-ends that the touch of a handsome girl should be entirely indifferent. [ George Eliot ]

Look out for a people entirely destitute of religion. If you find them at all, be assured that they are but few degrees removed from brutes. [ Hume ]

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true. [ Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance ]

When women have passed thirty, the first thing they forget is their age; when they have attained forty, they have entirely lost the remembrance of it. [ Ninon de Lenclos ]

Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete, devotes his heart entirely to money. [ Arthur Schopenhauer ]

The instructions received at the mother's knee and the maternal lessons, together with the pious and sweet souvenirs of the fireside, are never effaced entirely from the soul. [ Lamennais ]

The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. [ Seneca ]

We should never so entirely avoid danger as to appear irresolute and cowardly; but, at the same time, we should avoid unnecessarily exposing ourselves to danger, than which nothing can be more foolish. [ Cicero ]

Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the fancy or the affections, captivates the willing hearers, and subdues their understanding. [ Hume ]

Not only so, but scarcely any attempt is entirely a failure; scarcely any theory, the result of steady thought, is altogether false; no tempting form of error is without some latent charm derived from truth. [ Whewell ]

There is nothing so sure of succeeding as not to be over brilliant, as to be entirely wrapped up in one's self, and endowed with a perseverance which, in spite of all the rebuffs it may meet with, never relaxes in the pursuit of its object. [ Baron de Grimm ]

Eloquence, when at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the fancy or the affections, captivates the willing hearers, and subdues their understanding. Happily, this pitch it seldom attains. [ Hume ]

A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next, to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself seconded by the applause of the public. [ Addison ]

The brute animals have all the same sensations of pain as human beings, and consequently endure as much pain when their body is hurt; but in their case the cruelty of torment is greater, because they have no mind to bear them up against their sufferings, and no hope to look forward to when enduring the last extreme pain. Their happiness consists entirely in present enjoyment. [ Chalmers ]

entirely in Scrabble®

The word entirely is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters entirely:

ENTIRELY
(108)
ENTIRELY
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

inertly

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word entirely

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In entirely

ENTIRELY
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INERTLY
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ENTIRELY
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entirely in Words With Friends™

The word entirely is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters entirely:

INERTLY
(92 = 57 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

inertly

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word entirely

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In entirely

INERTLY
(92 = 57 + 35)
INERTLY
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ENTIRELY
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ENTIRELY
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YEELIN
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Words within the letters of entirely

2 letter words in entirely (6 words)

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6 letter words in entirely (9 words)

7 letter words in entirely (1 word)

8 letter words in entirely (1 word)

Words containing the sequence entirely

Words that start with entirely (1 word)

Words with entirely in them (1 word)

Words that end with entirely (1 word)

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Longer words containing entirely

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