totally
- adverb
- /ˈtoʊtəli/
- JOSH: Dude, I could totally be in a band.
- totally different
- totally agree
- totally disagree
The Internet is the totally open, free space.
- The Internet is the totally open, free space.
- But let's face it, the most brands are totally boring online, right?
- You can just say, man, I totally saw this differently.
- Now many people views would use that as being totally disgusting, OK.
- And I would like to know that maybe I'm not totally crazy, right?
- And your sense of self worth being totally tied up in that identity.
- Or is it that it just totally doesn't matter, right?
- And he's really great and totally present and a great guy.
- He had such a cold, totally emotionless expression.
- The first thing is you have to be totally and utterly mad.
Examples
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All you need is one minor head injury to totally alter your personality.
Academic text (2011) -
It's totally irresponsible to go on the air without checking the facts.
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So this stuff is totally safe for skin contact.
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Yeah, this one is still totally, totally good.
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You look totally different, but it's still you.
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- No, I totally agree.
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No matter what happens, you must promise to be totally honest with the authorities.
Fiction book (1990) -
How you choose to celebrate the holidays is totally up to you.
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And it turns out I was totally misinformed.
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This solution is totally effective in solving the problem.
Synonyms
Completely and without any doubt
Completely, with nothing left out
Completely without leaving anything out
Completely, to show that something is true
By a very large amount
You say this when something is completely true
To do something completely and carefully
Completely, to show that something is very strong or very great
Completely with nothing left
To a very large degree
To a very large degree
To a very large degree
Completely and sincerely, with full support and no doubts
Completely, with nothing left to pay
Totally and without any doubt
Completely and without doubt
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Etymology
Totally comes from total, which comes from an old Latin word totus meaning 'whole', plus the ending -ly that turns it into a word showing how something is done. So totally means 'completely', like saying something is whole with nothing left out.