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Meanings of wholly different in English

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Usage of wholly different in English
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Palestine, he concluded sensibly, would present a wholly different set of problems.
Hero: the life and legend of lawrence of arabia
2
China, the world's largest car market, again uses a wholly different standard.
Reuters
3
The law of association of ideas is wholly different in the two.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
4
They were, in fact, wholly different in formation from hills in general.
Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia / Performed Un...
5
Bambaataa's nod to Africa was wholly different from anything I'd seen before.
The Guardian
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What we require assistance with is a wholly different matter, albeit related.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
7
The scene of his confrontation with Bertrande took a wholly different character.
Martin Guerre
8
But here we are looking at a wholly different kind of ode.
The ode less travelled: unlocking the poet within
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The next was to open in new scenes, under wholly different conditions.
Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence
10
Neither dead nor alive nor undead but something wholly different and unnatural.
A nameless witch
11
Something has happened which has given the affair a wholly different aspect.
Bred in the Bone; Or, Like Father, Like Son: A Novel
12
The scene was wholly different from that about Uruapan, 1700 feet lower.
Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras / Being the Rand...
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She was a being wholly different from any he had ever known.
The Game
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When it comes to groups, races, nations, the outlook is wholly different.
The Glands Regulating Personality / A Study of the Glands of Int...
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Elaine was so wholly different from the girl represented by Fenton's photograph!
As It Was in the Beginning
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He shows me an astonishing image - identical yet wholly different.
The Guardian
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