Read full poem →I. The whole Universe one system of Society, v.7, etc. Nothing made
wholly for itself, nor yet wholly for another, v.27. The happiness of
Animals mutual, v.49. II. Reason or Instinct operate alike to the good
Dictionary Entry
Completely and entirely; to the fullest extent.
Origin
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Common Phrases
different whollyowned whollynew whollywithout whollywholly almost
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Poetry examples for “wholly”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Mean though I am, not wholly so,
Since quickened by Thy breath;
Read full poem →And cannot will my will, nor work my work
Wholly, nor make myself in mine own realm
Victor and lord. But were I join’d with her,
Read full poem →Like sunrise never wholly risen, nor yet
Quenched; or like sunset never wholly set,
Read full poem →Kiss me, and let me feel you very near
Wanting me wholly, even as I want you.
Have years behind been dark? Will those to come
Read full poem →speak of it, does not exceed a few words ; whilst by many of them it
is wholly unnoticed. The Poem was copied from a MS. in the Col-
lege of Anus, which is certified by Glover, Somerset Herald, to have
Read full poem →You should know better than we. He talked of the Vatican marbles;
But I can't wholly believe that this was the actual reason,--
He was so ready before, when we asked him to come and escort us.
Read full poem →Farewell, Politics, utterly! What can I do? I cannot
Fight, you know; and to talk I am wholly ashamed. And although I
Gnash my teeth when I look in your French or your English papers,
Read full poem →And is all this, my friend, but a weak and ignoble refining,
Wholly unworthy the head or the heart of Your Own Correspondent?