Outright vs Whole - What's the difference?
outright | whole | Related terms |
Wholly, completely and entirely.
Openly and without reservation.
At once.
With no outstanding conditions.
(informal) Blatantly; inexcusably.
Unqualified and unreserved.
Total or complete.
Having no outstanding conditions.
* Deutsche Bundesbank,
(sports) To release a player , without conditions.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 30, author=Ben Shpigel, title=Martínez to Audition for Mets’ Brain Trust, work=New York Times
, passage=Sandy Alomar Jr. cleared waivers and was outrighted to Class AA Binghamton in preparation for his promotion when rosters expand Saturday. }}
Entire.
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*:During the whole' time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the ' whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
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*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging.He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.
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, title= Sound, uninjured, healthy.
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*1939 , (Alfred Edward Housman), Additional Poems , X, lines 5-6
*:Here, with one balm for many fevers found, / Whole of an ancient evil, I sleep sound.
(lb) From which none of its constituents has been removed.
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Outright is a related term of whole.
As adverbs the difference between outright and whole
is that outright is wholly, completely and entirely while whole is (colloquial) in entirety; entirely; wholly.As adjectives the difference between outright and whole
is that outright is unqualified and unreserved while whole is entire.As a verb outright
is (sports) to release a player , without conditions.As a noun whole is
something complete, without any parts missing.outright
English
Adverb
(-)- I refute those allegations outright .
- I have just responded outright to that question.
- Two people died outright and one more later.
- I have bought the house outright .
- That was an outright stupid thing to say.
Synonyms
* See alsoAdjective
(-)- I demand an outright apology.
- We achieved outright domination.
- Truths, half truths and outright lies.
- With little effort they found dozens of outright lies.
- He found a pattern of non-transparency and outright deception.
Outright transactions
- According to the general rules for Eurosystem monetary policy instruments and procedures, the outright' purchase and sale of securities on the market (' outright transactions) are among the standard open market operations used within the Eurosystem’s monetary policy framework.
- I made an outright purchase of the house.
- They don't seek outright independence, but rather greater autonomy.
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(en verb)citation
whole
English
Adjective
(en adjective)The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.”}}
High and wet, passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages.}}
Meronyms
* partDerived terms
* as a whole * go the whole hog * make whole * on the whole * out of whole cloth * the whole nine yards * whole shitting match * whole shooting match * whole ball of wax * whole-hearted * wholemeal * whole number * whole step * wholesome * whole-wheatStatistics
*External links
*All and whole— Linguapress online English grammar