Synonym: all, altogether, completely, entirely, totally, whole. Similar words: holland, hollow, holler, hollowness, jolly, folly, lolly, dolly. Meaning: ['həʊlɪ] 
adv. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly').
adv. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'). 151. Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary factory of Amphenol Corp.
152. Correct treatment of plate thermal epeirogeny shows the previous wholly - vertical contraction / expansion requirement to be erroneous.
153. Duncan was rather down on Americans, for complicated reasons, not wholly excluding you and me.
More similar words: holland, hollow, holler, hollowness, jolly, folly, lolly, dolly, colloquially, psychologically, shilly-shally, dilly-dally, roll-on roll-off, willy-nilly, hold, hole, holy, whole, uphold, hold out, holdup, hold up, hold-up, hold on, behold, hold in, hold down, unholy, holding, as a whole.