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Entirely vs Unmixedly - What's the difference?

entirely | unmixedly |

As adverbs the difference between entirely and unmixedly

is that entirely is to the full or entire extent while unmixedly is in a way that is not mixed or adulterated; wholly, entirely.

entirely

English

Alternative forms

* entierly (chiefly archaic) * intirely (archaic or nonstandard)

Adverb

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  • To the full or entire extent.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 15, author=Scott Tobias, work=The Onion AV Club
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  • To the exclusion of others.
  • Synonyms

    * (to the full extent) completely * (to the exclusion of others)

    unmixedly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a way that is not mixed or adulterated; wholly, entirely.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1882, author=H.D. Traill, title=Sterne, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=But there are, nevertheless, plenty of passages, both in Tristram Shandy'' and the ''Sentimental Journey , where the intention is wholly and unmixedly pathetic--where the smile is not for a moment meant to compete with the tear--which are, nevertheless, it must be owned, complete failures, and failures traceable with much certainty, or so it seems to me, to the artistic error above-mentioned. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1908, author=Algernon Charles Swinburne, title=The Age of Shakespeare, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=Nor was ever any great writer's influence upon his fellows more utterly and unmixedly an influence for good. }}