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Wholly vs Woolly - What's the difference?

wholly | woolly |

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

English

Alternative forms

* wholy (obsolete)

Adverb

(-)
  • Completely and entirely; to the fullest extent.
  • *
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  • , title= 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.}}
  • Exclusively and solely.
  • Synonyms

    * completely * totally * See also

    Antonyms

    * (completely) partly

    woolly

    English

    Alternative forms

    * wooly

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Made of wool.
  • Put on a woolly jumper and turn down the thermostat.
  • Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.
  • woolly hair
  • (figuratively) Of thinking, principles, etc, based on emotion rather than logic.
  • That's the sort of woolly thinking that causes wars to start.
  • (figuratively) Unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy.
  • (obsolete) Clothed in wool.
  • * Shakespeare
  • woolly breeders
    Derived terms
    * woolly hat * woolly-headed, wooly-headed * woolly-minded (British) and (US), wooly-minded (US)

    Noun

    (woollies)
  • (informal) A sweater or similar garment made of wool
  • Etymology 2

    From (woolyback).

    Noun

    (woollies)
  • (Liverpool, pejorative) Someone not born in Liverpool (especially from the towns of Wigan, St Helen's, Widnes, Warrington and Runcorn).