wholly
C1UK /ˈhəʊlli/US /ˈhəʊlli/
Meaning
adverb
completely
“wholly inappropriate behaviour”
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“Now, you might think that I chose my second theme, the importance of imagination, because of the part it played in rebuilding my life, but that is not wholly so.”
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Now, you might think that I chose my second theme, the importance of imagination, because of the part it played in rebuilding my life, but that is not wholly so.
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