Synonyms for entirely
ɛnˈtaɪər lien·tire·ly

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1. entirelyadverb

   to the full or entire extent.

   Synonyms:
   completely

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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

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1. List of paraphrases for "entirely":

   completely, fully, totally, absolutely, wholly, quite, perfectly, utterly, altogether, exclusively, full, wholeheartedly, solely, purely, very, thoroughly, abundantly

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1. Epicurus:

   Of all things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

2. Dan Gelber:

   We have the same issues any city with huge numbers of visitors has, but we don't [always] have what we have in March because spring break is an entirely different creature.

3. State John Kerry:

   President Obama has made a very strong and forceful and simple decision entirely in keeping with his originally stated policy that we must defeat and destroy Daesh, it is not a decision to enter into Syria's civil war. It is not an action focused on (Syrian President Bashar) Assad, it focused exclusively on Daesh and in augmenting our ability to rapidly attack Daesh.

4. Kevin Hewison:

   If they go the nuclear option and get rid of one of the parties, entirely dissolve them, then I think you may see people getting really, really, really upset.

5. Bruno Tertrais:

   Russia has been willing and able to bring significant firepower to bear against ISIS at a time when France is willing but not entirely able, and the United States is able, but not entirely willing to bring its full firepower to bear against ISIS in Syria.