そっくり

〈物もの〉をそっくり〈動どう詞し〉to do something to an entire thing, leaving nothing behind
泥どろ棒ぼうは金きん庫この中なか身みをそっくり盗ぬすんでいった。
The thief stole everything in the safe, leaving nothing behind.
〈人ひと〉にそっくりだto look exactly like someone
彼かれは父ちち親おやにそっくりだ。
He looks exactly like his father.
そっくりな〈物もの〉a thing that looks exactly alike (to something else)
双ふた子ごはそっくりな服ふくを着きている。
The twins are wearing identical-looking clothes.

Expressions

そっくりそのままexactly the same; exactly as is; without any change

Related words· 6

まるごとN1sense 1
そっくり stresses that nothing is left behind (took it all), while まるごと stresses the object being treated as one whole unit (a whole apple).
瓜うり二ふたつ sense 2
うりふたつ is a noun used only for physical resemblance (as alike as two peas in a pod), while そっくり can also mean 'entirely' and is used adjectivally with だ/な.
全ぜん部ぶN5sense 1
全部 is the plain, neutral word for 'all/everything', while そっくり adds the nuance of completeness with nothing left over, often used with verbs like 食べる or 忘れる.
似にるN4sense 2
似る is a verb meaning 'to resemble' in general, while そっくり emphasizes an extremely close, almost identical resemblance.

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酷こく似じ
そっくり is a casual, everyday way to say two things look exactly alike, whereas 酷似 is a more formal word used in written or analytical descriptions.
似に通かようN1
そっくり is a colloquial, emphatic term for being an exact likeness, whereas 似通う is more restrained and often used for subtler shared qualities.

Don't confuse with

そっとN3
そっと (softly, quietly) is easily mixed up with そっくり (looking exactly alike) because of their similar sound.

Word family

そっくりさん
look-alike; double
そっくり返かえる
throw one's chest out; hold one's head high

Written forms

そっくりUsage97%
Kana-only mimetic word; no kanji spelling is used in modern Japanese.
ソックリUsage3%

Etymology

Mimetic word; the exact derivation is uncertain, but it is thought to be related to the sound-symbolic element そっ (suggesting completeness or exactness) plus くり.