wholeheartedly

[ hohl-hahr-tid-lee ]

adverb

1. with the utmost sincerity, enthusiasm, commitment, etc.:

   I still believe wholeheartedly in freedom of speech and conscience, and will continue to defend them in my new role as party leader.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wholeheartedly¹

wholehearted ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

A forest’s most intimate neighbors must wholeheartedly want it saved, one generation after another.

From Science News

Jay wholeheartedly devotes herself to Manny’s care, even accompanying him on a visit to a group home.

From Washington Post

They decided to stay home while Bennett, surprising probably no one, embraced the adventure wholeheartedly.

From The Daily Beast

There is no reason, with the scrutiny in horse racing right now, there is no reason that he would ever give his horses anything to be unfair to to cheat, and we believe that wholeheartedly.

From Washington Post

I am still in awe of what happened to me and how people I don't know, who have nothing to gain from helping me, came to my aid so quickly and so wholeheartedly.

From Time

In return, Cuban rhetoric wholeheartedly blamed the United States for crippling their economy.

From The Daily Beast

Wellington, New Zealand Our Oceania pick is the latest city to wholeheartedly embrace the global Brooklyn movement.

From The Daily Beast

“I firmly and wholeheartedly reject the allegations,” Hawking said from a Cambridge Hospital.

From The Daily Beast

They were all willing to wholeheartedly put themselves out there for this thing they cared deeply about.

From The Daily Beast

Believe it wholeheartedly or look at it as a founding myth of Western culture.

From The Daily Beast

Wholeheartedly and with utter disregard of personal sacrifice this vast aggregation committed itself to the task.

From Project Gutenberg

He entered wholeheartedly into her plans; he was so handsome and intuitive, so big and tall, yet so almost femininely sympathetic.

From Project Gutenberg

The listener would enthuse in her turn, sometimes wholeheartedly, sometimes with an undercurrent of sadness or regret.

From Project Gutenberg

It means discovering what is the best solution for everybody involved, and then working wholeheartedly toward that solution.

From Project Gutenberg

The real reason for conquering anxious fear is that a man may give himself wholeheartedly to the service of the Kingdom.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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• eagerly
• earnestly
• firmly
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• quickly
• resolutely
• robustly
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• zealously