entirely
/ɪnˈtaɪɹli/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
To the full or entire extent.
adv
Example Sentences
- "It is entirely up to you where we go, as I’ll be happy with anywhere."
- "The cake hadn’t entirely been eaten, so some was saved for later."
- "manuscript pages entirely without ornament."
- "[O]bſerving [...] abundance of Matter floating in the Urine like Bran, with a great Number of Recrements like Cuttings of Hair, ſome above an Inch long, which Subſtances were found in all the Water that I made in above Twelve Months; for which I could get no Remedy: I was adviſed to drink Water, which in about half a Year did intirely free me from thoſe Symptoms, [...]"
- "Frommer spoke to me—mostly in English—about the challenges of creating an entirely alien language."
- "Unlike Ali G Indahouse, Baron Cohen’s failed attempt to bring his most famous character into an entirely fictional universe, Borat found the comic tension in placing his Kazakhstani buffoon in delicate social situations, like a rodeo where he supports the “War Of Terror” a bit too zealously."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪnˈtaɪɹli/
- British English: /ɪnˈtaɪəli/