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wholeheartedly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˌhoʊlˈhɑɹtədli/ (General-American)
• /ˌhəʊlˈhɑːtɪdli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [-ɾəd-] (General-American)
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Etymology

From wholehearted + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a wholehearted (“showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment”) manner; without reserve; enthusiastically, unreservedly.
   • [H]e had a natural bias against all change, and he hated wholeheartedly what he regarded as the central doctrine of the French Revolution, […] 1932 March, John Buchan, “The Man”, in Sir Walter Scott, London; Toronto, Ont.: Cassell and Company, published May 1932, →OCLC, section II, page 361:
   • We are wroth with these go-betweens and meddlers—the drifting clouds: these half-and-halfs that have learned neither to bless nor to curse wholeheartedly. 1933, Friedrich W[ilhelm] Nietzsche, “Before Sunrise”, in A[lexander] Title, revised by M[ildred] M[ary] Bozman, transl., Thus Spake Zarathustra, London: Heron Books; by arrangement with J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Sons, published [1977?], →OCLC, 3rd part, page 148:
   • Fans relished the traditional FA Cup fanfare from the Coldstream Guards and the hymn Abide With Me before throwing themselves wholeheartedly into an experience they have been largely deprived of since the first coronavirus lockdown began in March 2020. 2021 May 15, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0 – 1 Leicester: Foxes Lift FA Cup for First Time after Youri Tielemans Stunner”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2025:
   • He jumped in wholeheartedly and began to learn the language.
   • Thus unreservedly, promptly, and wholeheartedly did the people of New Mexico, through their chosen representatives, throw themselves and all their resources into the Great War. The Sunshine State fears no storm. 1926 January, Lansing B[artlett] Bloom, “New Mexico in the Great War”, in Lansing B. Bloom, Paul A. F. Walter, editors, The New Mexico Historical Review, volume I, number 1, Santa Fe, N.M.: Historical Society of New Mexico at the Museum Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15:
   • [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. 1898, J[oseph] Grafton Milne, “Religious Institutions”, in A History of Egypt under Roman Rule (A History of Egypt; V), London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, paragraph 32, page 149:

Forms

Coordinates

halfheartedly

Relateds

heartedly · put one's heart in · heartlessly · someone's heart is in · wholehearted

Synonyms

body and soul

Translations (85)

he בְּפֶה מָלֵא (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · ka გულითადად (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · vi hết lòng (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · te మనస్పూర్తిగా (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · he בְּלֵב שָׁלֵם (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · pt sinceramente (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · cmn 念念 (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · kix thùamkò (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · nl van ganser harte (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · it con entusiasmo (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · fr à corps perdu (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · ka სულითა და გულით (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · fr sans réserve (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · ar قَلْبًا وَقَالَبًا (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · cmn 經心 /经心 (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · it con tutto il cuore (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · pt de todo coração (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · tr cansiparane (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · ug قەلبەن (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · sv helhjärtat (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · is innvirðulega (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · gl de todo corazón (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · ka მთელი გულით (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · fr de tout cœur (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · sh svèsrdno (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · pt calorosamente (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · el ολόψυχα (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · cmn 悉心 (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · ja 一心 (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · li mit gans 't hert (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · et täiest hingest (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · he בְּלֵב וָנֶפֶשׁ (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · eo tutkore (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · ro din toată inima (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · de von ganzem Herzen (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · cmn 一心一意 (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · ca incondicionalment (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · bg безрезервно (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · ka გულწრფელად (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · de vollen Herzens (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · cmn 殫心 /殚心 (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · es con entusiasmo (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · nan-hbl 一心 (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · id dengan segenap hati (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · cmn 全心全意 (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · sh свѐсрдно (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · ja 懇ろ (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · fro abandoneement (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · ca completament (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · es incondicionalmente (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · ru всеце́ло (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · io tot-kordiale (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · pt incondicionalmente (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · it senza riserve (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · et puhtsüdamlikult (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · cmn 一心 (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · ms khusyuk (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · cmn 盡心 /尽心 (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · pl serio (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · hak 全心 (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · yue 一門心思 /一门心思 (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · ja ずい (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · ru с по́лной отда́чей (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · pt de coração (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · fi täysin sydämin (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · id dengan sepenuh hati (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · ja 切なる (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · ca amb entusiasme (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · tr seve seve (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · tr canla başla (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · sh зду̏шно (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · pl z całego serca (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · tl balikatan (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · cmn 竭誠 /竭诚 (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · es de todo corazón (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · vi nhất tâm (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · yue 一心 (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · it entusiasticamente (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · hu szívvel-lélekkel (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · cmn 一門心思 /一门心思 (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · sh zdȕšno (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · fi täysin rinnoin (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · hsn 一門心 /一门心 (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · ja 一心不乱 (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically) · wuu 一門心思 /一门心思 (in a wholehearted manner — see also enthusiastically)