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 | Wkulo@al.com, 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
  • 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
  • A lot of these are joint ventures, these battery facilities, they're not owned by the Big Three wholly.
    CBS News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • But now the next wave of disruptive technology, generative AI, poses a wholly new kind of threat to creators and rights holders alike.
    David Pakman, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Because, according to him, the ways in which this space is changing are plentiful, rapidly arriving, and wholly unpredictable.
    Anhar Karim, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024

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