Wholly
11wholly */*/ — UK [ˈhəʊllɪ] / US [ˈhoʊlɪ] adverb formal completely Many people are wholly dependent on the state pension. The government is not wholly to blame for the current crisis. She didn t wholly trust him …
12wholly — adverb Etymology: Middle English hoolly, from hool whole Date: 14th century 1. to the full or entire extent ; completely < a wholly owned subsidiary > 2. to the exclusion of other things ; solely < a book dealing wholly with herbs > …
13wholly — adv. Wholly is used with these adjectives: ↑absent, ↑accurate, ↑adequate, ↑admirable, ↑arbitrary, ↑avoidable, ↑beneficial, ↑committed, ↑compatible, ↑composed, ↑consistent, ↑ …
14wholly — whol|ly [ˈhəul li US ˈhoul ] adv formal completely ▪ a wholly satisfactory solution ▪ The report claimed that the disaster was wholly unavoidable …
15wholly — adverb (often with negatives) formal completely: a wholly satisfactory solution | This seems to me a not wholly convincing argument. whom /hu:m/ pronoun the object form of who, used especially in formal speech or writing: a neighbour with whom I… …
16wholly — adverb 1) the measures were wholly inadequate Syn: completely, totally, absolutely, entirely, fully, thoroughly, utterly, quite, perfectly, downright, in every respect, in all respects; informal one hundred percent, ‘lock, stock, and barrel.’ 2) …
17wholly — adv. 1 entirely; without limitation or diminution (I am wholly at a loss). 2 purely, exclusively (a wholly bad example). Etymology: ME, f. OE (unrecorded) hallice (as WHOLE, LY(2)) …
18wholly — [ˈhəʊlli] adv formal completely His behaviour is wholly unacceptable.[/ex] …
19wholly-owned subsidiary — ➔ subsidiary1 * * * wholly owned subsidiary UK US noun [C] FINANCE ► a company whose shares are all owned by another company: »Under terms of the merger agreement, Learning Co. will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Broderbund. → See also… …
20wholly-owned subsidiary — wholly owned subsidiaries N COUNT A wholly owned subsidiary is a company whose shares are all owned by another company. [BUSINESS] The Locomotive Construction Company Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Trust …
