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Whole

adjective

1.

Including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete. "A whole wardrobe for the tropics" , "The whole hog" , "A whole week" , "The baby cried the whole trip home" , "A whole loaf of bread"

2.

(of siblings) having the same parents.

3.

Not injured. Synonyms: unharmed, unhurt, unscathed.

4.

Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health. Synonym: hale. "Whole in mind and body" , "A whole person again"

5.

Acting together as a single undiversified whole. Synonyms: solid, unanimous.

noun

1.

All of something including all its component elements or parts. "The whole of American literature"

2.

An assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity. Synonym: unit. "The team is a unit"

adverb

1.

To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent ('whole' is often used informally for 'wholly'). Synonyms: all, altogether, completely, entirely, totally, wholly. "Entirely satisfied with the meal" , "It was completely different from what we expected" , "Was completely at fault" , "A totally new situation" , "The directions were all wrong" , "It was not altogether her fault" , "An altogether new approach" , "A whole new idea"

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"Whole" Quotes from Famous Books

... with a childish grace; and besides the figure of the dead Count, with his likeness, which he made on the sarcophagus, in the middle of the wall above the bier there is a figure of Charity, with certain children, wrought with much diligence and very well in harmony with the whole. The same is seen in a Madonna with the Child in her arms, in a lunette, which Mino made as much like the manner of Desiderio as he could; and if he had assisted his methods of work by studying from the life, there is no doubt that he would have made very great progress in his art. This tomb, ...

— Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects - Vol. 3 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna • Giorgio Vasari

... of the eighteenth century, Aretino had the advantage that he was not burdened with principles, neither with liberalism nor philanthropy nor any other virtue, nor even with science; his whole baggage consisted of the well-known motto, 'Veritas odium parit.' He never, conse- quently, found himself in the false position of Voltaire, who was forced to disown his 'Pucelle' and conceal all his life ...

— The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy • Jacob Burckhardt

... the English stage now, I thought we might act Moliere's Precieuses ridicules together for a charity matinee. Coquelin—the finest actor of Moliere that ever lived—was performing in London at the time and promised he would not only coach me in my part but lend his whole company for our performance. He gave me twelve lessons and I worked hard for him. He was intensely particular; and I was more nervous over these lessons than I ever felt riding over high timber. ...

— Margot Asquith, An Autobiography: Volumes I & II • Margot Asquith

... wine. The chiefs, in order meet, Along the grass he ranges, and their king Leads to his throne; of maple was the seat; A lion's hide lay bristling at his feet. Youths and the altar's minister bring wine, And heap the bread, and serve the roasted meat. On lustral entrails and the bull's whole chine, Couched round the Trojan ...

— The Aeneid of Virgil - Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor • Virgil

... smallest mistake or hesitation will lose us everything, as you know, and before long we shall be living in an attic again and supping on salt fish and olives. But if we win we shall have money enough to enjoy a whole year of luxury, and with a little economy to live comfortably for a ...

— Stradella • F(rancis) Marion Crawford

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