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Synonyms for entirely
Synonyms for entirely: only and outright. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for entirely
Interchangeable with entirely in this sense
Audited under entirely's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one entirely carries in that sense.
- onlyadverb, in the sense "without any others being included or involved"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name entirely as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- outrightoutright is an adverb in the sense "completely and without reservation or conditions"
one of these comes from entirely's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
without any others being included or involved
A school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children.
The true synonym
only
Same sentence, swapped: A school devoted only to the needs of problem children.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- largely
- ideally
- collectively
Where entirely turns up in the game
entirely is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where entirely is the trap
- collectivelyadverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is jointly, in the sense "in conjunction with", with entirely sitting one tile away.
Play entirely
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so entirely reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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entirely carries no theme tag, so the ring starts at Foothills and widens alphabetically.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
entirely is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.