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Meanings of entirely in English

Portuguese
totalmente

To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')

totalmente
Portuguese
apenas

Without any others being included or involved.

apenas
Usage of entirely in English
1
During the final week, however, the vote falls entirely on the public.
News.com.au
2
Our growth has come about entirely as a result of market requirements.
The Irish Times
3
Whether that makes them a good investment is an entirely different question.
Reuters
4
But do we ever pause to ask: is the state entirely necessary?
The Irish Times
5
So this year, why not challenge yourself in an entirely different way?
Wired
6
Future increases will have to be almost entirely new money, he said.
The Guardian
7
She wasn't entirely sure the approach was right, but she felt good.
Daniel's desire
8
Violence is often entirely about power -preserving it, ensuring it, etc.
Feminist dot com
9
Quite a few of them exist entirely on free food, you know.
Corduroy mansions
10
It's not a question of building an entirely new society whole cloth.
The Democracy Project
11
This scenario is not entirely realistic, however, because of the following problem.
A briefer history of time
12
A minority say the rises are entirely the result of natural fluctuations.
Reuters
13
And he didn't; this was an entirely different work, this new Eden.
Demon: a memoir
14
The reality is that our economy is entirely linked with the EU.
The Irish Times
15
But it was quite possible that this was an entirely new proposal.
One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
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However, the company has stopped short of quitting coal and oil entirely.
The Guardian
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