[ adv ] to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly') <adv.all> he was wholly convincedentirely satisfied with the meal it was completely different from what we expected was completely at fault a totally new situation the directions were all wrong it was not altogether her fault an altogether new approach a whole new idea
Wholly \Whol"ly\, adv. 1. In a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely; perfectly.
Nor wholly overcome, nor wholly yield. --Dryden.
2. To the exclusion of other things; totally; fully.
They employed themselves wholly in domestic life. --Addison.
He's more British than the British." Rhys-Davies said he sees Joe Gargery as "a holy fool who is not wholly foolish." The miniseries also stars Anthony Hopkins as Magwitch, Jean Simmons as Miss Havisham, and Anthony Calf as Pip.
Higher nominal interest rates, as well, would probably turn recession to slump and certainly drive the stock market lower. This week's stream of company news has not of itself been wholly bad.
Time Inc. promoted several young executives in its magazine group as part of its efforts to improve marketing and advertising for the company's 23 wholly or partly owned publications.
Dominion Securities' wholly owned Dominion Securities Inc. unit is one of the last remaining major independent investment firms in Canada, following deregulation of the securities industry this summer.
An olive will just make your cocktail oily. I emerged from the tasting slightly light-headed and not wholly convinced that I had really got to the bottom of the martini debate.
A 1972 Supreme Court ruling says the prosecution must derive all its evidence in a case from sources wholly independent of testimony a defendant gave under a grant of immunity.
Turner Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System Inc., puts its first book, a coffee-table volume of Reagan's photographs, on the market next month.
Avana quickly rejected the offer as "wholly unwelcome" and not in the best interests of shareholders.
Keith Bjerke, executive vice president of CCC, a corporation wholly owned by the department, said the total investment a year earlier was $16.2 billion, including $9.5 billion in loans outstanding and inventories of $6.7 billion.
Under the proposed plan, contractual joint ventures and wholly foreign-owned enterprises would obtain the same tax treatment as equity joint ventures.
So far, the administration's conduct toward Syria doesn't seem wholly reassuring.
Bumble Bee will continue to operate under its current management as a wholly owned subsidiary with headquarters in San Diego, according to Pillsbury's statement.
Only between 25 per cent and 30 per cent of the stake is returned in prizes. Thus, a wholly rational person probably would do well to stay away from lotteries, pools and (to a lesser extent) premium bonds and find a safer place for his money.
The commissioners seem to be telling parishes that the fall in income is wholly due to the recession, in the way which it has affected property values and rents.
Last week, it was announced that there had been an oversubscription for shares in SSAB (Swedish Steel), which is the first company wholly to be privatised.
We are wholly prepared to invest Pounds 10m to establish 17 stores over the next three years.' Rigby appears undaunted by the prospect of plunging into retailing, despite no prior experience.
Swan Management Corp., which holds TWA's USAir shares, is a wholly owned TWA subsidiary.
K-H Corp. will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Varity, formerly Massey-Ferguson, a Toronto-based maker of farm and industrial machinery.
Adelphia bonds rose on news that a wholly owned subsidiary had obtained commitments from several banks for up to $105 million in additional financing.
He reckons medical science has become 'wholly decadent and self-serving' and his two-part drama The Healer, about a newly-appointed senior house officer, reflects this (9.30 BBC1).
Two wholly fictional scenes, each involving McAuliffe, don't ring true and slow things down.
ASHLEY GROUP has completed the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary Storflex to A/S Chr Fabers Fabriker, a Danish window blind company, for Pounds 1.89m cash.
Last summer, Gesell rejected as "wholly insufficient" the first notices that North filed on Aug. 1, later saying that they "blatantly lacked any attempt at particularization."
A Transportation Department official, meanwhile, said a report to President Bush on the government and industry response to the spill was "critical of everybody" for a "wholly insufficient" job of reacting to the accident.
Club International, through a wholly owned subsidiary, First Federal Financial Corp., is taking control of three Austin-based S&Ls: CreditBanc Savings Association, Franklin Savings Association and Great West Savings Bank.
Guinness Peat swiftly rejected the bid by the New Zealand investment company as "wholly inadequate."
Time Inc. Magazine, the wholly owned subsidiary of Time Warner, said that, starting with its January 1990 issue, the consumer version of Hippocrates will change its name to In Health magazine.
Invergordon quickly rejected the offer, however, as "wholly inadequate" and said that it doesn't reflect the quality of its business.
He remains 'cautious and concentrated wholly on quality'.
Manetti Farrow will continue to operate under its own name as a wholly owned Cross subsidiary.