entirelyen‧tire‧ly /ɪnˈtaɪəli $ -ˈtaɪr-/ ●●● S2 W2 adverb 
Our situation is entirely different. The ridge consists entirely of volcanic rock. Her reasons were not entirely clear.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- At the very beginning of the project, Paul made it clear that he would be entirely in control.
- I'm not entirely sure what she meant.
- Jeff and Mike come from entirely different backgrounds.
- The audience consisted almost entirely of journalists.
- The foundation depends entirely on voluntary contributions.
- The reasons for his departure weren't entirely clear.
- The sculpture is made entirely of old car tires.
- Abortion can be surgical, part-surgical or entirely non-surgical.
- For the first time in their careers, they are featured entirely naked in ecclesiastical, urban and pastoral contexts.
- Hong Kong swirled with news of his whereabouts, all of it entirely speculative.
- Of course it is a commonplace that a memory of a later time may color if not change entirely a former.
- Our physical world consists, is entirely made up, of these perceptions.
- Then I saw that the senders wanted something else entirely.
- These may be entirely contained within the borders of a single country even though their effects are transnational.
- When they come to depend almost entirely on staff members for every duty except voting?
THESAURUS
to the greatest degree or in every way: · That’s a completely different subject.· Bad weather had completely destroyed the crops.
especially spoken completely: · I’m totally exhausted.· He’s absolutely right.
completely – used especially in negative sentences or after ‘almost’: · I’m not entirely sure.· The community is almost entirely dependent on farming.
completely – used especially to emphasize strongly disapproving words: · It was utterly impossible to work in the house.· The whole thing is utterly absurd.
completely – used especially to show that you completely understand something or that you have all the information you need: · He was fully aware of what was happening.· The disease is still not fully understood.
Longman Language Activatora complaint · The carpet is completely ruined.· She felt completely relaxed.· Keith's dad was completely different from what I'd expected.· I intended to give you the card on Saturday but I completely forgot.· Sometimes the UK seems completely isolated from the main stream of European culture.
especially spoken say this when you strongly agree with something or approve of something, or to emphasize strong adjectives: absolutely right/correct: · You're absolutely right - we can't all fit in one car.absolutely marvellous/amazing/brilliant: · That's an absolutely brilliant idea.absolutely certain/sure: · Are you absolutely sure you don't mind?absolutely exhausted/soaked/ruined etc: · By the end of the day, I was absolutely exhausted.
use this especially to say that you have completely understood something or have everything that you need: fully understand/realize/appreciate: · I can fully understand your concern.fully aware/informed: · Please keep me fully informed of any developments.fully furnished/equipped: · The house is fully furnished, including washer and dryer.
use this especially to show that you completely disagree with something or that you are very annoyed about it: totally refuse/ignore/reject etc: · He totally ignored my advice.totally impossible/unacceptable/ridiculous etc: · What you're saying is totally ridiculous.· Myers said that a two-year prison sentence for rape was totally unacceptable and inadequate.
completely and in every possible way - use this especially in negative sentences, or with 'almost': · At the very beginning of the project, Paul made it clear that he would be entirely in control.not entirely: · I'm not entirely sure what she meant.· The reasons for his departure weren't entirely clear.consist entirely of: · The audience consisted almost entirely of journalists.depend entirely on: · The foundation depends entirely on voluntary contributions.
in every possible way - use this especially in negative sentences: not wholly responsible/reliable/committed etc: · The evidence we have is not wholly reliable.· The commission found that the officer on duty at the time was not wholly responsible.wholly unacceptable/unexpected/unfounded etc: · The city council's proposals are wholly unacceptable.· Help came from a wholly unexpected source.
use this especially to describe things that are completely wrong, untrue, impossible etc: utterly impossible/useless/worthless etc: · Without their help it would have been utterly impossible to arrange the conference.· Whether you like her or not is utterly irrelevant.utterly reject/spoil/destroy etc: · We utterly reject the philosophy of compulsory wage control.
use this to talk about an extreme situation or something extreme that someone has done: positively disgusting/harmful/dangerous etc: · The food in this place isn't just bad, it's positively disgusting.· Her performance was positively marvellous.
use this to emphasize how strong a feeling or quality is or how bad a situation is: · It was a complete surprise - I didn't have any idea they were planning a party.· Don't pay any attention to him - the guy's a total idiot!· Nobody can say with absolute certainty how much oil there is in Alaska.· By any measurement, our corrections program is an utter failure.
use this to say that something is true in every detail or part: · The two drawings are identical in every way.· The plans are unworkable in every respect.
use this when a word or phrase that you say is true in every possible way that it could be understood: · There are still men who want to be in every sense, the "head of the household'.in every sense of the word: · She was a true sportswoman -- a professional in every sense of the word.
if someone is good, bad etc through and through , every part of their character and behaviour shows that they are like that: · Don't trust him. He's rotten through and through.· Einstein was a realist through and through.· After 30 years in Queensland, he felt he was an Australian through and through.
: whole-heartedly agree/approve/support etc completely and willingly: · Her father whole-heartedly approved of their decision to get married.· Rowan whole-heartedly agreed that the company needed to do more to improve its ties to the community.
to be a part of something · The road was partly blocked by a fallen tree.· What he told us was only partly true.· He was educated partly in Glasgow and partly in London.partly because · The accident happened partly because we were having an argument in the car.
if something partially happens, it does not happen completely or does not include all of something: · The house was partially destroyed by the explosion.· The ice had partially melted and there was a pool of water on the table.· The advertising campaign was only partially successful.
: half-eaten/half-finished etc if something is half-eaten, half-finished etc, half of it has been eaten, finished etc: · There was a half-smoked cigarette in the ashtray.· "That's good," he said dully, putting down his half-eaten sandwich.· I found him sitting on his bed, half-dressed.· The houses were half-submerged by the flood water.
use this especially to say that you are only partly sure about something or that you only partly agree with or believe something: · "Who was he hiding from?" "I'm not completely sure."· I'm not entirely convinced that we have enough control over schools as it is.· "So, is everything clear?" "Not entirely."
use this to say that something is partly true but not completely true: · Doing well in exams is to some extent a matter of luck.· To a certain extent it was our own fault that we lost the contract.· His figures were correct - up to a point.
formal partly or in a limited way - used especially in discussions and arguments: · The situation has been improved to a degree in recent months.· Golding's novel is to some degree experimental in style.
formal if something happens in part because of something, it is partly caused by it: · They developed their ideas in part from important work by Paykel.· Although bad management was the major factor, the firm's problems were due in part to a fall-off in demand.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The evidence she gave to the court was not strictly accurate (=not exactly accurate). I thought his remark was highly appropriate, given the circumstances. Television is partly to blame. The police are not always entirely blameless (=are guilty of doing something bad) in these matters. Any similarity between this film and real events is purely coincidental. The area does not consist entirely of rich people, despite popular belief. two entirely distinct languages If you’re not completely satisfied, you can get your money back. Hague’s announcement was not entirely unexpected.
The evidence she gave to the court was not strictly accurate (=not exactly accurate). I thought his remark was highly appropriate, given the circumstances. Television is partly to blame. The police are not always entirely blameless (=are guilty of doing something bad) in these matters.· Sam’s reasons for leaving were not entirely clear.
Any similarity between this film and real events is purely coincidental. The area does not consist entirely of rich people, despite popular belief. (=completely correct)· What he said was perfectly correct.
two entirely distinct languages· The atomic particles seem to move in a completely random direction.
(also eminently reasonable formal) (=completely reasonable)· The proposal sounds perfectly reasonable.
· Frege’s theory is not entirely satisfactory.
If you’re not completely satisfied, you can get your money back.· ‘What are they?’ ‘I’m not entirely sure.’
Hague’s announcement was not entirely unexpected.· The suffering of these animals is totally unnecessary.
· From his point of view qualifications are wholly useless.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The picture of a dovish president pulled in opposite directions by thugs on both right and left is not entirely accurate.· But it is not entirely accurate.· This has a certain ring to it, but apparently it is not entirely accurate.· She found that the membership list with which Hilary Roberts had supplied her was a not entirely accurate document.· The popular image of him as a laconic, amiable figure is not entirely accurate.
· Administration officials said it was entirely appropriate for the Clintons to host overnight guests.· The freakishness of their own appearance seemed entirely appropriate.· That the world should be so enchanting after the enchantment of Vitor's lovemaking was entirely appropriate.· Young Fowler thinks it entirely appropriate.· Her reaction, he wrote, was entirely appropriate.· It is therefore entirely appropriate that today Pompeii still represents the cutting edge of archaeological research and development.· Theological answers are necessary and entirely appropriate to this doubt.
· It is not entirely clear what factors the court must take into account when creating the hypothetical similar child.· The exact relation between net water uptake and osmolality is not entirely clear from our findings.· These rules are longstanding and entirely clear.· The relevance of SSAPs to the public sector has never been entirely clear.· Typically, public agencies are not entirely clear about their goals, or are in fact aiming at the wrong goals.· This gives the buyer the opportunity to query anything that is not entirely clear.· Reasons for this increase are not entirely clear.
· You're not entirely dependent on your husband.· Although they worked through institutions, they had no regular sources of income and were entirely dependent on providence.· The National Blood Transfusion Service is entirely dependent on voluntary blood donors.· She could move little more than her eyes, and she remained entirely dependent on her iron tomb for breath.· Beyond that, the matter is entirely dependent upon agreement.· Travel and tourism is now the world's biggest industry, and many countries are almost entirely dependent on tourism.· Through incubation and fledging, it is entirely dependent on the care of its adopted parents.
· It was soon clear that this was an entirely different kettle of fish.· How the exterior would function was an entirely different concern.· Before his fight with Fitzmaurice took place, Burke achieved fame in entirely different circumstances.· What finally evolves as standard jargon may be entirely different than anything suggested so far.· Human beings are entirely different from swallows.· This shows how a name can be derived from one entirely different from its original.· They came to Stanford at the same time, but from entirely different directions.
· Family meals, a compulsory ritual, were not entirely free of hazard.· Treatment, inclusive of medicines, surgery, hospitalisation and even food, was entirely free.· Soloist Annette Servadei played beautifully with an involvement entirely free from any kind of ostentation.· From the time she had bought the tickets out of her savings she had not been entirely free of fear.· Where there is no joint action, each member state is entirely free to act on its own.· In this connection we must consider the animal phobias of which no child is entirely free.· Nevertheless, the wording is not entirely free from ambiguity, and no doubt some officials decided to play it safe.· It split up the back, and, at the shoulders, the sleeves came entirely free.
· But he is not entirely happy with the service.· Although I was not entirely happy with the quality of our game, I was pleased with the outcome.· However, I was not entirely happy with the situation because aromatherapy was being used mainly as a palliative.· He wasn't entirely happy about that.· They did not seem entirely happy, to Esther, but Esther put her suspicions down to jealousy.· The Filbert Street fans are not entirely happy despite Leicester's healthy position in the table.· Alchemy, it seemed, was not an entirely happy affair.· This satisfaction is relative, one or either may emerge less than entirely happy with the result.
· Like Venice, it is impossible to say anything entirely new about them.· Through this process Walden itself becomes an entirely new world.· She then had a delectable mushroom soup - and for the main course she chose something that was entirely new to her.· Web browsers, once limited to displaying text and graphics and downloading files, have created an entirely new element of risk.· For the Colonial Service, this was something entirely new.· All this is not entirely new.· Although it shares many features and concepts with the R22, the R44 is an entirely new design.· And in the process we stumbled across a great idea, an entirely new security.
· It is entirely possible that our backwater of a planet is literally the only one that has ever borne life.· It is entirely possible that the trustees will be wrong.· And it would have been entirely possible with the right companion.· It is entirely possible that there isn't.· It was entirely possible that Jos was still trying to warn him off, for his own good.
· This, though a more realistic standard of judgement, was also not entirely satisfactory.· The penalty under Section 242, when only one individual acted, was still not entirely satisfactory.· For most novels of literary merit, neither the dualist nor the monist doctrine will be entirely satisfactory.· Neither method is entirely satisfactory since apparently homologous muscles may change their sites of attachment during evolution and alter their functions.· For reasons explained in the rolling stock chapter, they were not entirely satisfactory and were returned at the end of 1923.· Yet neither of these explanations on their own seems to me to be entirely satisfactory.· They were not entirely satisfactory and had a tendency to derail on the very sharp corner at Pitlake.· But these provisions are not entirely satisfactory.
· I wasn't entirely sure whether he was joking or not.· He was in fact confused himself, not entirely sure how his career had carried him here.· Brian and I weren't entirely sure how to deal with the Yanks' antagonisms.· The policy-makers are still not entirely sure why inflation has remained so low despite a 5. 3 percent unemployment rate.· Alice was not entirely sure how.· It is too early to be entirely sure, but it looks as though the tide may well have turned.· Mrs Webster, though not entirely sure that they were unnecessarily worried, pitied their anxiety none the less.
· The news was not entirely unexpected.· It was entirely unexpected, and its cause a mystery, so much so that poison was inevitably suspected.· This omission was not entirely unexpected.· The amount and quality ofthe sculpture unearthed was not entirely unexpected.· But this was not entirely unexpected.· Since that showed a degree of consistency in attitudes, it was not entirely unexpected.· Not entirely unexpected, but still remarkable.
VERB· I agree entirely with my hon. Friend on that matter.· That district authority and I agree entirely on the future of local government.· Before anybody complains that all this is very sexist and demeaning - I entirely agree.· Mr. King I entirely agree with my hon. Friend.· I entirely agree that salaries should be performance-related and subject to shareholder control.· I entirely agree and would be content to adopt the judgment of Taylor L.J. as my own.· The Prime Minister I agree entirely with my hon. Friend's analysis on that point.
· The claim to legitimacy of particular possession is based entirely upon the institutionalization of rights.· Maybe you prefer not to think of yourself as some one whose value to baseball is entirely based on the revenue you provide.· Finally, if cut-price really does equal cut-corners, why are contributions based entirely on gross fees?· There was a time when law was entirely based on the oral tradition.· But the Fed's timing may not have been based entirely on domestic considerations.· Their plans are made far in advance, based entirely on their own thinking.· Contamination of water supplies by oily mists threatens agriculture in the region since it is almost entirely based on irrigation.· His idea of success is based entirely on the growth of his budget, staff and political profile.
· Certainly, it is no justification in itself for ruling out ads consisting entirely of words.· He proposed designing a plane consisting entirely of flat triangles.· In these terms, the original puzzle becomes that of why natural selection does not produce a population consisting entirely of hawks.· These organizations usually consist entirely of older people committed to fighting elderly issues directly.· The Giral government, consisting entirely as it did of bourgeois Republicans, was increasingly irrelevant to the new situation.· These should consist entirely of high upland in which no agricultural or forestry activities would take place.· He describes Lebna Dengel's capital as being the size of a town but consisting entirely of tents.
· I am entirely convinced that Joseph Kosuth has never seen work by Claudio Parmiggiani either actually or in reproduction.· Other critics were positive but not entirely convinced.· Perhaps she still isn't entirely convinced.· Although I am not entirely convinced by the contents of the motion, I agree with parts of it.· Even the fashion world is not entirely convinced by the rehabilitation of fur-wearing.· This is not an entirely convincing explanation either, but there is little else that can be suggested.· They've got the one in hospital down as Hans-Heinz Lemke, but they aren't entirely convinced.· This explanation is not entirely convincing.
· How good the meal was depended entirely on what the cook was like, you couldn't believe the difference.· Their numbers and size depend entirely on climate, and that climate must be perfect.· In the second class, the jurisdiction depends entirely on the character of the parties.· Manycommunities depend entirely on glacial meltwater.· But the symbolic gesture is likely to be of dubious long-term value and will depend entirely on the personalities and circumstances involved.· It will depend entirely on the subject, so be prepared to think laterally!· The oasis is man-made and depends entirely on the river.
· But if we can achieve that, then their argument on the urgency for entry entirely disappears.· About 1629, scarcely a quarter-century after the first accounts of it, the cahow disappeared entirely.· Such taboos have not entirely disappeared today.· The small lead to which Samuel had previously clung had entirely disappeared.· Robertsbridge, the great Cistercian house, disappeared entirely, torn down by the local people.· They lose much of their natural paranoia about predators, but is never disappears entirely.· This is not to say that the age of the Great Leader has entirely disappeared.· Embalming was rarely practised during the eighteenth century and it had almost entirely disappeared during the nineteenth century.
· And as with all our offers we guarantee to refund your money if you're not entirely satisfied with your order.· Clinton has been too protean to entirely satisfy either.· But she wasn't entirely satisfied.· The children themselves, 75 she continues, can be entirely satisfied.· A similar structure would not entirely satisfy the Panel.· And yet, am I entirely satisfied with my lot?· She has said she will not give a penny until she is entirely satisfied the unit will go ahead as planned.
· The freakishness of their own appearance seemed entirely appropriate.· This seemed entirely logical and fair, but when state analysts finally looked at the results, they were horrified.· Two years on, and Roughley's class seem entirely unfazed by the technology and being asked to present some research findings.· Eleanor, on the other hand, seems entirely real.· They did not seem entirely happy, to Esther, but Esther put her suspicions down to jealousy.· No one - not even Buckingham Palace - seemed entirely sure.· It seems entirely natural simply because most of us have been using it since we were teenagers.· He sat down beside her and it seemed entirely natural that he should take one of her hands.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
completely and in every possible way: - But as I take my very first step on to the ground she becomes a very different animal.
- Each dancer had to assume the actions of a different animal.
- I was a Territorial, a very different animal.
- My second example, although involving a very different animal, raises the same kind of questions.
- So in Utah now, Rivendell is really a different animal.
- You should repeat each test at least ten times using a different animal of the same kind for each test.
Our situation is entirely different. The ridge consists entirely of volcanic rock. Her reasons were not entirely clear.