unwholly

English

Etymology

unwhole +‎ -ly

Adverb

unwholly (not comparable)

  1. In a way that is not whole; partially, incompletely.
    • 1911, Harper's Magazine
      The task was a novel and not unwholly congenial one, but he finally got the attention of a saleswoman and made his wishes known.
    • 1971, Kenneth Ewart Boulding, Collected Papers
      ...but the growth of the house from the blueprint to the completed building is a process not unwholly like that of the growth of the kitten into a cat...
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