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Spell Bee Word: Entirely


What does entirely mean?

Word: Entirely

Part of Speech: Adverb

Meaning: Entirely means in every part and in every way.

Synonyms: completely

How do you spell entirely?

Syllables: en - tire - ly

Tricky part: Children hear no sound for the e just before the ending, so they leave it out and write entirly.

Watch out for: entirly, entirley

Memory tip: Lovely and lately keep the e of love and late before ly, and this word keeps its quiet e in the same way.

Entirely in a sentence

Example 1: The hall was decorated entirely by the Class 3 children.

Example 2: I am not entirely sure where I left my pencil box.

Example 3: This bracelet is made entirely of shells from the beach.

Fun Fact

The word comes from a Latin word meaning untouched, so something done entirely has had no part left out.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

entirely

a) wholly
b) partly
c) fully
d) totally

Show answer

b) partly. Partly means only in some ways, not in every way.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

_nt_rely

a) e, i
b) i, i
c) e, e
d) a, i

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a) e, i. End gives the opening vowel; the second one is an i, as in fire.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) entirely
b) usualy
c) finaly
d) sertainly

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a) entirely. Finally and usually each need a double l, and certainly starts with a c.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lyteneir

a) enitrely
b) eintrely
c) entirely
d) entriely

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c) entirely. Put ly at the end and build the rest in front of it.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This book is written entirely in Hindi. Which language do you need to read it?

a) English
b) Hindi
c) Hindi and Tamil
d) Hindi and English

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b) Hindi

2. The box was entirely empty when Sita opened it. What did she find inside?

a) one pencil
b) a few sweets
c) nothing
d) half a sandwich

Show answer

c) nothing

Associated Words

Words that end in -ely: lively, extremely, lovely

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: completely

More words from this list

gutter, landlady, outcome, risk, surprise, afternoon, brace, consider

Next steps

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