How to pronounce wholly
Listen to wholly in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“wholly” in real sentences
792 clips in the index · 55 American · 737 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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is wholly unsatisfactory.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 226:36 · hear it here
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It would be wholly anomalous.
UK Parliament · watch from 77:31 · hear it here
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be wholly new to you it might be wholly new to the human race but regardless
Smithsonian Air & Space · watch from 64:48 · hear it here
Why real speech
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