wholy

Adverb

wholly (not comparable)

1. Completely and entirely; to the fullest extent.
   • wholly wrong
   1. (dialectal, excessive, informal) Very; to a great extent.
      • ‘You ain't very strong, are you?’ said a neighbour with sympathetic intent, and ‘You don't have very good health, I expect?’ asked another. Mr Colville said, ‘He do look wholly pale, that's a fact.’ The word ‘wholly’ thus used puzzled me for some time. In Suffolk it is used for ‘very’ or ‘really’...1930, Adrian Bell, Corduroy, Faber and Faber
2. Exclusively and solely.
   • A creature wholly given to brawls and wine.

   Synonyms:

   entirely