Literary notes about Entirely (AI summary)
In literature, "entirely" functions as a powerful adverb to convey totality or completeness, sharpening imagery and emphasizing absolute states or conditions. Writers use it to denote that something is wholly consumed, surrounded, or defined by a particular quality—whether it be the hills lost "entirely in clotted murk" [1], a furnace's contents nearly "entirely spoiled" [2], or an individual's commitment to follow advice "entirely" [3]. The term can modify descriptions of inanimate features as in landscapes that "entirely" vanish [4] or objects "entirely" composed of a single material [5], as well as abstract qualities, such as a character being "entirely satisfied" or "entirely free" [6, 7]. This versatility allows authors from Jonathan Swift to Jane Austen to imbue their texts with a sense of emphatic finality, ensuring that what is meant by "entirely" leaves no room for partial or ambiguous interpretation.