not wholly
Example Sentences
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And Thursday night’s performance, while not wholly irrelevant, was just another television rerun broadcast to a less-than-mass audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
They did not wholly reject the idea but said the measures should be "limited, proportionate and based on a clear understanding of the consequences".
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
In a letter to Sir Keir Starmer, the MPs, largely but not wholly from the left of the party, say the plans are "not a silver bullet" to reducing the backlog in trials.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
This duality of the natural and spiritual world is not wholly unique to radical Protestantism, but it has certainly showed up in a variety of deleterious ways.
From Salon ● May 26, 2025
The new biotic control of insects is not wholly a matter of electronics and gamma radiation and other products of man’s inventive mind.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
