entirelyadj.adv.
/ᵻnˈtʌɪəli/, /ɛnˈtʌɪəli/, U.S. /ənˈtaɪ(ə)rli/, /ɛnˈtaɪ(ə)rli/ a. Full, complete. Obsolete.
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14.. in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 41 Besechinge you euer with myn enterly hert.
b. Sincere, having integrity. Obsolete.
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1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) iii. sig. Aiiiv/1 Yeuing vp thankynges with enterly deuocyon.
1497 J. Alcock Mons Perfeccionis (de Worde) B iij Ye very enteerly folowers of Cryste Ihesu.
B. adv.† 1. In an entire state; without diminution or division, as a whole. Obsolete.As in the case of the synonyms whole etc., the adjective would now be used instead of the adverb.† 4.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adverb]
yhollichec1315
whollyc1330
halelya1400
integrally1471
halec1480
integrately1485
entirely1491
wholewise1674
1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 12 Pream. To preserve the possessions of the Crown hoolly and entierly without any severaunce or decreasing therof.
1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 19 §10 The hole summes..delyverd fully & enterely.
1659 Annesley in T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 464 The which was read first intirely, and afterwards, in parts.
2.
a. Wholly, completely, perfectly; without exception or reservation.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb]
fullyeOE
allesOE
fullOE
rightc1175
everydealc1300
wholec1300
whollya1325
finelyc1330
fairly1340
completec1374
gainlya1375
clearly1377
freelya1393
plaina1393
entire?a1400
entirelyc1400
oddlyc1400
sufficientlyc1440
expressc1475
totally1509
completely1526
finec1530
exactly?1531
sincerely1576
start1599
fillingly1611
circularly1618
solid1651
out-over1745
rotundly1775
roundedly?1802
whole hog1840
clear-away1883
whole cloth1917
righteous1948
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective]
aefauldOE
trueOE
true as steela1300
throlya1375
entirec1380
faithfula1382
entirelyc1400
single1519
sincere1533
sincere1539
simple-minded1556
Dunstable?1565
truthful?1567
single-hearted1574
single-minded1577
sound1580
downright1584
unaffected1592
real1597
plain-hearted1601
unartificial1603
free1619
honest1634
fair and square1636
round-dealing1642
wholehearted1657
down flata1663
well-designing1670
heart-whole1684
single-eyed1705
unsanctimoniousa1797
natural1825
bona fide1827
unfallacious1827
jannock1828
forthcoming1835
up and down1836
bonified1840
forthgoing1851
unhypocritical1854
forthright1855
upstanding1863
on the level1872
genuine1890
for real1954
upfront1967
c1400 Mandeville xii. (1839) 139 Thei kepen entierly the Comaundement.
c1430 Freemasonry 241 Ȝef that the mayster a prentes have, Enterlyche thenne that he hym teche.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. x. 155 Adam knewe all the seuen scyences lyberall entyerly without fayllyng of a worde.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 549 And behold all was entirely good. View more context for this quotation
1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 171 He was intirely an Enemy to the Gross Errors of Popery.
1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxxi. 201 His resolution of breaking intirely with the court of Rome.
1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. I. 121 His being the son of a man entirely respected by both parties.
1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 46 Another circle of dark rusty brown entirely surrounds the face.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 18 I entirely agree..and accept the definition.
b. In humorous representations of the speech of Irishmen, often placed at the end of a sentence.
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1891 N.E.D. at Entirely Mod. ‘He's a fine gentleman entirely’.
3. Wholly and exclusively, solely.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > utterly
allOE
allOE
outlyOE
thwert-outc1175
skerea1225
thoroughc1225
downrightc1275
purec1300
purelyc1300
faira1325
finelyc1330
quitec1330
quitelyc1330
utterlyc1374
outerlya1382
plainlya1382
straighta1387
allutterly1389
starkc1390
oultrelya1393
plata1393
barec1400
outrightc1400
incomparablyc1422
absolutely?a1425
simpliciter?a1425
staringa1425
quitementa1450
properlyc1450
directly1455
merec1475
incomparable1482
preciselyc1503
clean?1515
cleara1522
plain1535
merely1546
stark1553
perfectly1555
right-down1566
simply1574
flat1577
flatly1577
skire1581
plumb1588
dead?1589
rankly1590
stark1593
sheera1600
start1599
handsmooth1600
peremptory1601
sheerly1601
rank1602
utter1619
point-blank1624
proofa1625
peremptorily1626
downrightly1632
right-down1646
solid1651
clever1664
just1668
hollow1671
entirely1673
blank1677
even down1677
cleverly1696
uncomparatively1702
subtly1733
point1762
cussed1779
regularly1789
unqualifiedly1789
irredeemably1790
positively1800
cussedly1802
heart1812
proper1816
slick1818
blankly1822
bang1828
smack1828
pluperfectly1831
unmitigatedly1832
bodaciously1833
unredeemedly1835
out of sight1839
bodacious1845
regular1846
thoroughly1846
ingrainedly1869
muckinga1880
fucking1893
motherless1898
self1907
stone1928
sideways1956
terminally1974
1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity iii. iv. 331 I shall set down the story intirely out of the Author himself.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 10 He [Villiers] entirely disposed of all the Graces of the King.
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iv. 400 If a Gouty Person can bring himself intirely to a Milk Diet.
1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis 12 Middleton composed his life of Cicero, Jortin, his life of Erasmus, almost entirely from the epistles of their respective subjects.
1850 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. xii. 223 He [Charles Kingsley] did win his own sweet wife entirely by this charm of character.
a. Heartily, sincerely.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adverb]
utterly?c1225
entirelya1340
faithlyc1350
without (but) feigningc1380
clearly1389
whollyc1390
unfeigninglyc1400
entirec1430
unfeigneda1469
without coloura1513
honestly1526
singly1526
unfeignedly1526
uncolourably1541
bona fide1542
frankly?1553
sincerely1560
squarely1564
uprightly1565
square1577
single-mindedly1579
undissemblinglyc1585
above board1599
fair and square1604
downright1607
downrightly1632
really1641
uncasuistly1649
honest1654
up tro1654
plain-heartedly1675
unaffectedly1677
straightforwardly1839
wholeheartedly1845
unfallaciously1852
up and down1854
single-heartedly1857
unflatteringly1874
uncynically1895
square on1963
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter vi. 4 Fulhard it is to be turnyd enterly til þe bryghthed and þe pees of godis lyght.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xviii. 142 Loue þyn enemy entyerly · godes heste to ful-fille.
1467 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 172 Ryte worschepeful and my enterly welbeloved frend.
1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. D5v The griefe that by my selfe among manye others, for his losse is entierly conceaued.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 223 They are intirely welcome. View more context for this quotation
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 21 I entirely wish..more wisdome to that Plantation.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 170. ¶2 The Apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the Person whom he entirely loves.
1722 Journ. through Eng. (ed. 2) I. 131 I that love the Country entirely..have fixt my Residence here [i.e. at Epsom].
b. Earnestly. Obsolete.In the later instances these uses seem to approach or coincide with the still current sense B. 2.
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the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > [adverb]
yernlyc725
yerneOE
yernfullyOE
earnestlyOE
fastOE
needlya1350
keenlya1375
prestlya1375
eagerlyc1380
busilya1400
earnestfullya1400
enkerly?a1400
entirelya1400
affectuously?a1425
affectuallyc1425
effectually1434
heartfullya1450
heartilya1450
increlyc1480
zealously?1495
affectionately1534
earnest1563
heart and soul1620
obnixiously1632
obnixely1641
earn1656
warmly1665
enthusiastically1730
con amore1749
ravingly1825
wholeheartedly1845
enthusiastly1846
a1400 Isumbras 434 To Ihesu Criste than prayes he, And enterely hym bysoghte.
c1420 Chron. Vilod. 1183 Þat þey wolden preyȝe for Alfynes soule enterly.
c1420 Chron. Vilod. 311 He loked þo more entierlocure towarde þat tombe.
1455 Abbot of St. Benet's in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 111 Praying you interlych to bie wyth me at dyner on Seynt Benetes Day.
1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxviiiv Entierely desiryng thy fatherly goodnes.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L3 Gan to highest God entirely pray.
1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 91 a They intirely besought them..they would now be bould in the ouerthrow.
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