Wholly vs Woolly - What's the difference?
wholly | woolly |
Completely and entirely; to the fullest extent.
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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
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Made of wool.
Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.
(figuratively) Of thinking, principles, etc, based on emotion rather than logic.
(figuratively) Unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy.
(obsolete) Clothed in wool.
* Shakespeare
(informal) A sweater or similar garment made of wool
(Liverpool, pejorative) Someone not born in Liverpool (especially from the towns of Wigan, St Helen's, Widnes, Warrington and Runcorn).
As an adverb wholly
is completely and entirely; to the fullest extent.As an adjective woolly is
made of wool.As a noun woolly is
a sweater or similar garment made of wool.wholly
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Alternative forms
* wholy (obsolete)Adverb
(-)Kim Jong-il obituary, passage=With the descent of the cold war, relations between the two countries (for this is, to all intents and purposes, what they became after the end of the war) were almost completely broken off, with whole families split for the ensuing decades, some for ever. This event and its after-effects, along with the war against the Japanese in the 1940s, was to cast a long shadow over the years ahead, and led to the creation of the wholly unprecedented worship of Kim Il-sung, and his elevation to almost God-like status. It was also to create the system in which his son was to occupy almost as impossibly elevated a position.}}
Synonyms
* completely * totally * See alsoAntonyms
* (completely) partlywoolly
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Alternative forms
* woolyEtymology 1
From .Adjective
(er)- Put on a woolly jumper and turn down the thermostat.
- woolly hair
- That's the sort of woolly thinking that causes wars to start.
- woolly breeders