How to Use wholly in a Sentence

wholly

adverb

• The claim is wholly without merit.
• She is wholly devoted to her children.
• An infant is wholly dependent on its mother.
• The slight tweak in name, along with adding words to the name, suggests a wholly fresh start.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2024
• One man heard in the video seemed wholly unimpressed by the massive snake.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 30 Aug. 2023
• But the bad guys were once again wholly mortal, as was the case in Season Three.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2024
• Stuffing: Make wholly a day in advance or up to the point of adding the liquid.
  — Becky Krystal, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
• Trust your gut deeply and wholly during this time in your life.
  — Michelle Dempsey-Multack, Parents, 2 May 2024
• While the brand began in the United States, it has been wholly owned by Seven & i since 2005.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Asia, 13 Sep. 2024
• For McCurdy, this is her first body of work that feels like is wholly her own.
  — Anna Tingley, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
• Ken paused for a beat, then made a wholly different point.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 8 Apr. 2022
• Carol’s journey is about learning that the fate of the world doesn’t rest wholly on her shoulders.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
• Starting today, more of what users say on the service may not be wholly their own words.
  — WIRED, 18 Sep. 2023
• The person stressed, while not directly in the room, the studio chiefs remained wholly engaged in the process.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 23 Sep. 2023
• An asymmetrical fit and lighter hue add up to a wholly new take on the classic trench.
  — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 June 2022
• And there’s been a recent spate of wholly unique tabletop games built around the lore of certain role-playing games.
  — Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022
• There was a reason her tribute was last and wholly not least, this senior night.
  — Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 18 Mar. 2024
• Just with a wholly different perspective than the first five months of the season.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
• In this, progressives are wholly united with the right.
  — Sunaura Taylor, Vox, 7 Aug. 2024
• What follows is edge-of-your-seat, wholly original storytelling that ranks among the best scary movies of the past year.
  — Will Harris, EW.com, 12 July 2024
• Stump further notes his kids' love of his work on the series is wholly organic.
  — Chris Barilla, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
• The power of the novel is in the moment-to-moment work of parenting a wholly dependent child.
  — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2023
• But the president’s message was not wholly embraced in the chamber.
  — Annie Linskey, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2023
• Our state is no stranger to the boom-and-bust housing cycles — but this is something wholly different.
  — The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2023
• With his mix of magic tricks, pranks, and gross-out humor, Szeles carved out a wholly unique lane for himself in the Eighties and Nineties.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2022
• Crates are structures that surround a dog wholly, while pens keep the dog enclosed to a certain area, but may not have a roof or floor as part of the structure.
  — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
• Three of the companies in the group are majority- or wholly owned by the government of Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning province.
  — Clarence Leong, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
• But these numbers of four or more wheel vehicles are wholly eclipsed by two- and three-wheelers.
  — The Conversation, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2023
• While some might argue Abby ends up with the wrong person, the movie still delivers a charming, heartfelt, and wholly modern Christmas movie.
  — Janey Tracey, EW.com, 29 Nov. 2024
• There was just the wholly consuming dependency and desire that a 1-year-old feels for the woman whose face has beamed into her own with love and concern more than any other.
  — Julia Whelan Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024