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all things considered, all in all, as a rule, chiefly, mainly,<br />

in the main, predominantly: On the whole, our clients collect<br />

only originals, not copies or prints.<br />

wholehearted<br />

adj. devoted, dedicated, committed, earnest, sincere,<br />

unqualified, unmitigated, unreserved, complete, entire,<br />

unstinting, real, true, genuine, hearty, heartfelt, serious,<br />

enthusiastic, zealous, warm, fervent, ardent, spirited, eager,<br />

energetic: Once I agree to help, you can rely on my<br />

wholehearted support.<br />

wholesome adj. 1 healthful, healthy, health-giving, nutritious,<br />

nourishing, beneficial, tonic, salutary, salubrious,<br />

strengthening, bracing, stimulating: Everyone should regularly<br />

engage in wholesome exercise. 2 moral, ethical, righteous,<br />

upright, honourable, decent, principled, proper, fit, meet: I<br />

am not sure that the child is being brought up in a wholesome<br />

atmosphere.<br />

wholly adv. 1 altogether, entirely, absolutely, quite, totally,<br />

thoroughly, completely, in toto, fully, in all respects, in<br />

every way, all in all, utterly, unqualifiedly, every inch, 100%;<br />

lock, stock, and barrel; root and branch; backwards and<br />

forwards; from the ground up; Colloq bag and baggage; hook,<br />

line, and sinker; to the nth degree; (the) whole hog, US up one<br />

side and down the other: We are wholly on your side in this<br />

matter. The company has been wholly reorganized. 2 only,<br />

exclusively, solely, unexceptionally, categorically,<br />

unequivocally, unambiguously, explicitly: The success or<br />

failure of the plan depends wholly on you.<br />

whoop n. 1 shout, shriek, yell, roar, bellow, hoot, (battle or war)<br />

cry, war-whoop, outcry, scream, screech, squeal, yelp, yowl,<br />

howl, bark; cheer, hurrah, huzzah; Colloq holler: At his whoop<br />

of joy we knew he had passed the exam.<br />

--v. 2 shout, shriek, yell, roar, bellow, hoot, cry (out),<br />

scream, screech, squeal, yelp, yowl, howl, bark; cheer, hurrah,<br />

huzzah; Colloq holler: He heard the tribesmen whooping as they<br />

descended on the fort.<br />

whopping adj. 1 huge, great, enormous, colossal, gigantic, immense,

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