单词 | wholly |
释义 | wholly (hoʊlli ) adverb [ADVERB adjective] You use wholly to emphasize the extent or degree to which something is the case. [emphasis] While the two are only days apart in age they seem to belong to wholly different generations. For urban areas this approach was wholly inadequate. The accusation is wholly without foundation. Synonyms: completely, totally, perfectly, fully Collocations: rely wholly on You can't rely wholly on other people any more. Times, Sunday Times They rely wholly on donations received to keep the service going. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The plots were exhausted, derivative and pathetically underdeveloped; the writing was spilt words relying wholly on swearing for laughs. Times, Sunday Times Clearly, the bidding scheme relies wholly on more than one tenant wanting to rent the same flat. Times, Sunday Times A director replied that the chart was not intended to be a wholly accurate depiction of who traded in the pool, but to 'market our capability'. Times, Sunday Times Even if they are wholly accurate, there are odd passages in the book. Times, Sunday Times While this adaptation might not be wholly accurate, it's a thoroughly enjoyable movie. The Sun He said issuing the warning had been 'wholly appropriate' and 'wholly necessary'. Times, Sunday Times And this wholly appropriate victory will create profoundly mixed responses from footballing people across the land. Times, Sunday Times There was a feeling that victory would be wholly appropriate. Times, Sunday Times Profits, either operating or pre-tax, were also not considered wholly appropriate for unquoted companies, as these businesses are likely to keep pre-tax profits to a minimum to reduce tax. Times, Sunday Times Although it was wholly appropriate to deny actionability where the non-physical consequences were trivial, it was important that the bar should not be set too high. Times, Sunday Times As always, the choreography seems so counterintuitive and exposed, yet the dancers make its tilted perspectives, spry jetés and rigorous balances feel wholly natural. Times, Sunday Times It seemed wholly natural for them to work together, both say. Times, Sunday Times And they are only a small part of a wholly natural film. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Therefore, inspiration was a somewhat random but wholly natural association of ideas and sudden unison of thought. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet both candidates' campaigns covered too small a canvas, relative to the issues at stake, and have been almost wholly negative. Times, Sunday Times For some it will have been a not wholly negative experience, enabling reflection, reading, slowing down and rethinking values and priorities. Times,Sunday Times However, the scientists behind the research said the differences could not be assumed to be wholly negative as they were accompanied by elements consistent with superior decision-making and self-control. Times, Sunday Times Although he recognised that a modern newspaper should be detached and critical, he believed strongly that it should never be cynical or wholly negative. Times, Sunday Times At first, he considered excluding her entirely but ultimately gave her what was called the most wholly negative characterization in the work. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You don't feel wholly responsible for emotions you feel when you play, be they frustration, guilt or pleasure. The Sun The two of you are wholly responsible. Times, Sunday Times At the same time the relatively light sentence of suspension for four internationals suggested that he did not make the captain himself wholly responsible for the protest. Times, Sunday Times The idea was that the various staff commands would be wholly responsible for defending their own geographic areas. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He will be wholly responsible for the identification, development and coaching of all players aged 18 and below. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His previous attempt took him all summer slaving in his dad's garage and wasn't wholly successful. Times, Sunday Times Rule 44.3(4) required the judge to consider whether a party had succeeded on part of his case even though not wholly successful. Times, Sunday Times This disjointed show was not wholly successful, but it was certainly different, memorable and ambitious. Times, Sunday Times It's a bold and wholly successful reinvention. Times, Sunday Times The intervention was wholly successful. Times, Sunday Times They turn out to be 'opinionative, peevish, covetous, morose, vain, talkative' and wholly unable to remember things, therefore not 'repositories of history' at all. Times, Sunday Times While we may know that we have a new form of intergenerational inequality, favouring the old and squeezing the young, our political system still seems wholly unable to respond. Times, Sunday Times Although the union had pledged before the walkout began to feed strikers, it was wholly unable to fulfill this promise. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It provides a wholly unique perspective on major historical events and an insight into the journalism that captured them. Times, Sunday Times Based on this analysis, they determined that the turquoise-tinted tarantula was wholly unique. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each piece has depth and rigour - and reflects its maker's wholly unique personality. Times, Sunday Times Both tracks may be decidedly similar, but they'll evoke wholly unique sets of emotions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 完全地 Japanese: 全く |
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