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# entirely

«entirely» in Mova's school dictionary: **completely, totally, in every way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (entirely)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Entirely means completely, totally, in every way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirely/#m1)

2) Entirely can mean only, as in «entirely made of wood». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirely/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school writing and maths it makes a statement strong: «The shape is entirely shaded» means every part is shaded. In everyday speech «not entirely» means «not completely», a polite way to disagree. Phrases: «entirely different», «entirely your fault», «not entirely sure», «made entirely of».

### examples

- The house was made entirely of wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirely/#x1)
- I'm not entirely sure where we are. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirely/#x2)
- It was entirely my fault, and I'm sorry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirely/#x3)
- The rectangle is entirely shaded, so the fraction is one whole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirely/#x4)
- The two stories are entirely different. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirely/#x5)
- The cake was eaten almost entirely by the dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirely/#x6)
- The decision is entirely up to you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirely/#x7)
- It was made entirely of ice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirely/#x8)

### note

Spelled entire + ly (keep the «e»). «Not entirely» is softer than «not at all». In maths, «entirely» means the whole, every part, 100 per cent.

### In the corpora

- [Toy Story, made by Pixar in 1995, was the first full-length film made entirely by computer animation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons/9/)
- [The Cat's head fades away while he is gone; when he comes back with the Duchess, it has entirely disappeared.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2/28/)
- ["Not entirely accurate" is a polite way to say false.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «entirely» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entirely/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.