How to use entirely in a sentence

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More sentences with entirely

• Bequests and legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.From the entry abate
• The Ministry of Defence funded the development of an entirely new radar and improved avionics.From the entry radar
• The janitor's account of the crime turned out to be entirely fictional.From the entry fictional
• That sub had so much politics to the point that I unfollowed it entirely.From the entry sub
• For superstitious reasons, many buildings number their 13th storey as 14, bypassing 13 entirely.From the entry storey
• He may be a bit dim, but he's not entirely stupid.From the entry dim
• I feel badly about the accident because it was entirely our fault.From the entry badly
• The conveyors are made entirely of stainless and the whole facility is designed for regular washdowns.From the entry stainless
• The world airline fleet of long-range aircraft consists almost entirely of widebodies.From the entry widebody
• The world airline fleet of long-range aircraft consists almost entirely of wide-bodies.From the entry wide-body
• The defendant's claims are fictitious; they are entirely ungrounded in fact.From the entry ungrounded
• I agree with you to a certain extent, but not entirely.From the entry to an extent
• A well-timed double jump will let you skip this obstacle entirely.From the entry double jump
• I don't entirely agree, but I can see where you are coming from.From the entry where someone is coming from
• You're reading across from one case to another in a different legal context entirely.From the entry read across
• There's no point in bringing Callum into this, his situation is another matter entirely.From the entry another matter
• The candle was made entirely of natural beeswax.From the entry beeswax
• The PM's visit to the school was entirely apolitical.From the entry apolitical
• On that beach clothing is entirely optional.From the entry optional
• Your underhand should be entirely under the quilt.From the entry underhand
• The factory has been entirely given over to aircraft manufacture.From the entry give over
• The phrase "sum of its parts" is entirely compositional.From the entry compositional
• The patient's NOI is harder to identify because it is entirely symptomatic, as opposed to the MOI, which is obvious.From the entry NOI
• Mr. Lewis's horror movies are entirely zombieless and vampireless.From the entry zombieless
• The film's chronology is not entirely obvious, but can be worked out by the clothes the characters are wearing in the scenes.From the entry chronology
• The string quartet, one of the most popular groupings in chamber music, is composed entirely of violins: two violins proper, one viola, and one cello.From the entry violin
• Remember: the stock market is entirely vibes-based. When the vibes are good, the line goes up; when the vibes are bad, the line goes down.From the entry vibes-based
• Tagholm called for administrative change: “The responsibility cannot lie entirely with retailers or shoppers.2026 February 26, Tara Russell, “Waitrose to halt the sale of mackerel because of overfishing”, in The Guardian, page 9. From the entry mackerel
• With DLSS, human character designs seem to transmute into someone else entirely.2026 March 16, Patricia Hernandez, “Nvidia's new graphics tech is impressive, until you see what it does to faces”, in Polygon, archived…. From the entry yassify
• It forced me to look at myself in entirely new ways.2026 August 4, Charlotte Higgins, “‘The war leaked into every lesson’: learning Ukrainian in a country under siege”, in Katharine Viner…. From the entry bottom rung
• Alternatively, some view "oy vey" as being entirely Yiddish (Judeo-German) in origin.2025 December 18 (last accessed), “What Does “Oy Vey” Mean?”, in Chabad.org, archived from the original on 13 May 2025. From the entry oy vey
• For the first 87 years of the ball drop, the spectacle was run entirely by hand.2025, “How Do They Build the New Year’s Ball Drop”, in J-Tech, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2025. From the entry ball drop
• This time the smirker has decided to be someone else entirely: he is bashful.2024, Roz Dineen, Briefly Very Beautiful, Bloomsbury, page 60. From the entry smirker
• I'm not even entirely sure whether it was genuine or just a prank.2024 May 19, u/Torn_wulf, “I really wasn't expecting to deal with mansplaining this soon and especially not from a trans man.”, in Reddit…. From the entry ewphoria
• His analysis is not entirely unsound, and he tackles some of the questions head on.2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 47. From the entry unsound

Meaning of entirely

1. adverb To the full or entire extent.
2. adverb To the exclusion of others; solely.

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Questions about entirely in a sentence

How do you use entirely in a sentence?

Entirely is used as an adverb. For example: “It is entirely up to you where we go, as I’ll be happy with anywhere.”

What is a short sentence with entirely?

“I'm entirely to blame.”

What does entirely mean?

Entirely means to the full or entire extent.