Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unwholly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-whol-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a way that is not whole; partially, incompletely.

Example Sentences

"The task was a novel and not unwholly congenial one, but he finally got the attention of a saleswoman and made his wishes known."
"...but the growth of the house from the blueprint to the completed building is a process not unwholly like that of the growth of the kitten into a cat..."

Etymology

From unwhole + -ly or un- + wholly.

Synonyms

partly

Questions

What does unwholly mean?: In a way that is not whole; partially, incompletely.
Where does unwholly come from?: From unwhole + -ly or un- + wholly.

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