unwholly

English

Etymology

From 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...