Wholy or wholly?
Did you mean wholly? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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wholy
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wholly
Correct spelling: wholly. Misspelling: wholy.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Whole + ly drops the E but keeps both Ls: who-LL-y.
Why people write “wholy”
The misspelling “wholy” is only one letter off: it uses a single L where wholly has a double LL.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make wholly automatic.
Other misspellings of “wholly”
People also write “wholey”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“wholey”
Correct spelling: wholly. Misspelling: wholey.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “wholey” is only one letter off: it uses E in place of L.
What does “wholly” mean?
wholly adverb
- to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
“he was wholly convinced”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Wholly” in a sentence
- I'm wholly committed to this.
- He was wholly convinced.
Is “wholly” a playable word?
15 points in Scrabble · 15 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“wholy” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from WHOLLY.