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wholeheartedly

adverb

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Pronunciation: /ˌhəʊlˈhɑːtɪdli/ / /ˌhoʊlˈhɑɹtədli/ / [-ɾəd-]

adv

Etymology: From wholehearted + -ly.

  1. In a wholehearted (“showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment”) manner; without reserve; enthusiastically, unreservedly.

    He jumped in wholeheartedly and began to learn the language.

    [T]hough Augustus and Tiberius discouraged the desire to deify them in their lifetime, Caligula had no sooner expressed his designs on godhead than the Alexandrians wholeheartedly fell in with his wishes, and worshipped him.