ENTIRELY in a Sentence
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368 example sentences for ENTIRELY, such as:
1. Fraud is an entirely different matter.
2. Oh, the whole episode was entirely his fault.
3. As babies, we rely entirely on others for food.
4. Their attempts had not been entirely successful.
5. The sofa was entirely occupied by two large cats.
2. Oh, the whole episode was entirely his fault.
3. As babies, we rely entirely on others for food.
4. Their attempts had not been entirely successful.
5. The sofa was entirely occupied by two large cats.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of ENTIRELY
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entirely
ad. without any others being included or involved
ad. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 I spent the whole of yesterday evening in making enquiries entirely without avail.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
2 Of the two pills in that box one was of the most deadly poison, and the other was entirely harmless.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
3 Nor was the fear entirely an illusion, for the barren valley was thickly strewn with trees and boulders which had fallen in a similar manner.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
4 I approached the house, as you know, on foot, and with my mind entirely free from all impressions.
5 It was easy to tell that they had been before the others, because in places their marks had been entirely obliterated by the others coming upon the top of them.
6 The murder of Stangerson was an incident which was entirely unexpected, but which could hardly in any case have been prevented.
7 It is an open secret that the credit of this smart capture belongs entirely to the well-known Scotland Yard officials, Messrs.
8 It never fell as sun, shadow, or rain upon the world, but disregarded the little coloured ball of earth entirely.
9 "I wish you to judge for me entirely," was the reply.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
Context Highlight In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
10 The town was as entirely deserted as if the inhabitants had abandoned it, rather than hold communication with him.
11 She was not afraid of him, or in any way disconcerted; she seemed to have her mind entirely preoccupied with the occasion of her visit, and to have substituted that consideration for herself.
12 A marvellously sage plan," said Fitzurse, "and, as I think, not entirely of thine own device.
13 The interval had not entirely been bestowed in holding council with his confederates, for De Bracy had found leisure to decorate his person with all the foppery of the times.
14 In the morning his kind physician found him entirely free from feverish symptoms, and fit to undergo the fatigue of a journey.
15 But even so much official uniform as the clergyman wore was enough to obscure entirely the fact that he was a man like any other man.
Example Sentence: (158 in 11 pages)
1 The gossip about her later proved to be entirely false.
2 I say "boys" advisedly because we are talking almost entirely about male behaviour.
3 The mountain area is covered entirely in dense jungle.
4 The sofa was entirely occupied by two large cats.
5 Her disappointing exam results are entirely due to her inattention in class.
6 The case against my client rests entirely on circumstantial evidence.
7 Fraud is an entirely different matter.
8 No working environment is entirely stress-free.
9 As babies, we rely entirely on others for food.
10 My line of work is entirely unrelated to politics.
11 The subject of alternative medical care for older people has been entirely unexplored.
12 Oh, the whole episode was entirely his fault.
13 And even in the very last analysis, those participant accounts must not be entirely lost sight of.
14 At this stage we cannot entirely exclude the possibility of staff cuts.
15 Their attempts had not been entirely successful.