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Wholly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A species of Althæa (A. rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also rose mallow.

An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum). See Eryngium.

In a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely; perfectly. Nor wholly overcome, nor wholly yield. Dryden.

tirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets. To abate a tax, to remit it either wholly or in part.

To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly.

become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.

In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively.

To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.

In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.

To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects. The young stranger had been abstracted and silent. Blackw. Mag.

All; wholly; completely; as, almighty,almost. (b) Etym: [L. ad.]

der. (a) A European shrub (Rhamnus frangula); Alder buckthorn. (b) An American species of holly (Ilex verticillata), bearing red berries.

Always; wholly; everywhere. [Obs.] Ulna now he algates must forego. Spenser.

Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion. An alien sound of melancholy. Wordsworth. Alien enemy (Law), one who owes allegiance to a government at war with ours. Abbott.

Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. "And cheeks all pale." Byron.

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify. "To alter the king's course." "To alter the condition of a man." "No power in Venice can alter a decree." Shak. It gilds all objects, but it alters none. Pope. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out…

us of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.

Without exception; wholly; completely. Every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Ps. xxxix. 5.

g masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212º Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery. Dana.