/ɪnˈtaɪəli/
Translation
Completely; with no part left out.
Word origin
From entire, from Old French entier, from Latin integer, meaning whole or untouched.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- integer
- English cognates
- entire, integer, integrity
Examples
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All of it was destroyed, not just a part.
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"Entirely different" means different in every way.
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"Not entirely" means not fully; you are only partly sure.
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Grammar articles
(18)Adjective order in English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose
British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Comparatives and superlatives in English: the complete guide
Compound nouns in English: car park, coffee cup, and why GREENhouse is not green HOUSE
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: advice, information, news and the ones you simply have to learn
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, neither do I, and the words you are allowed to leave out
Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
Future in the past: was going to, would, was about to, and the grammar of plans that failed
Linking words in English: however, although, despite, whereas and therefore
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English: myself, yourself, each other, and when English does not bother
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
English tenses explained: all 12 with a master table
Time clauses in English: when, while, as soon as, until, before and after
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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