Entirely

Examples

• Until Edison made his wonderful invention in 1877, the human race was entirely without means for preserving or passing on to posterity its own linguistic utterances or any other vocal sound. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• That is quite impossible, said I, and entirely out of the question. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Some two hours after the tapping is done the flow entirely ceases and the tree must be tapped anew to secure a fresh flow. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Before I had time to feel shocked, at this, I was horror-struck by an entirely unexpected proceeding on the part of Mr. Godfrey. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I must either wrong my three dear girls or my venerable father, who is entirely dependent on me, in the Vale of Taunton; or some one. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And ze time will be save--entirely save! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I am very fond of you, my dear, and I am entirely of your mind, and you and I will take care that you shall be rich. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• These services, therefore, being almost entirely arbitrary, subjected the tenant to many vexations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• When light passes from air into water, or from any transparent substance into another of different density, its direction is changed, and it emerges along an entirely new path (Fig. 64). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• We would then have Lee so surrounded that his supplies would be cut off entirely, making it impossible for him to support his army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There are some events surely in all men's lives, I replied, the memory of which they would be unwilling entirely to lose? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• To put it mildly, is it ever safe to ignore them entirely in our thinking? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Then I will tell you, relying entirely upon your honour and that of your colleague, Dr. Watson. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The kernels were in the milk and the leaves were entirely green. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Miss Steele was the least discomposed of the three, by their presence; and it was in their power to reconcile her to it entirely. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• She will drop the acquaintance entirely. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Is this island entirely your work? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Suffice it to say that when Edison went boldly out into new territory, after something entirely unknown, he was quite prepared for hard work and exploration. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• If you're quite convinced, that any foolish passion on my part is entirely over, I will wish you good afternoon. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Fanny, not able to refrain entirely from observing them, had seen enough to be tolerably satisfied. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I am too entirely contented. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Their bodies were smaller and lighter in color, and their fingers and toes bore the rudiments of nails, which were entirely lacking among the males. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• He declared himself entirely at her disposal: the adventure struck him as diverting. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• He was divided entirely between his spirit, which stood outside, and knew, and his body, that was a plunging, unconscious stroke of blood. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Or if it was partly, was it wholly and entirely? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Thus the first act closed in a manner which was entirely satisfactory. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I entirely disapprove of your doing anything for him, my dear sir, which is not dependent on his own exertions and good conduct. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Sir, you have been entirely mistaken in supposing it. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I entirely agree with you. Plato. The Republic.
• A spare parlour and bedroom I refurnished entirely, with old mahogany and crimson upholstery: I laid canvas on the passage, and carpets on the stairs. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

Editor: Madge