What does totally mean?
Definitions for totally
ˈtoʊt l ito·tal·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word totally.
Princeton's WordNet
wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, wholeadverb
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
"he was wholly convinced"; "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"
Wiktionary
totallyadverb
Entirely; completely.
The car was totally destroyed in the crash.
totallyadverb
Very; extremely.
That was totally wicked!
totallyadverb
Definitely.
That was totally not what happened.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Totallyadverb
Wholly; fully; completely.
Etymology: from total.
The sound interpreters expound this image of God, of natural reason; which, if it be totally or mostly defaced, the right of government doth cease. Francis Bacon, holy War.
Charity doth not end with this world, but goes along with us into the next, where it will be perfected: but faith and hope shall then totally fail; the one being changed into sight, the other into enjoyment. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.
ChatGPT
totally
Totally is an adverb that is used to emphasize a statement, description, or response, indicating that it is absolutely or completely the case without any doubt. It can also reference the whole amount or extent of something.
Webster Dictionary
Totallyadverb
in a total manner; wholly; entirely
Wikidata
Totally
Totally Plc is a publication company that has an international portfolio of publications and online services that target the world's Jewish communities. It is listed on London's Alternative Investment Market, has offices in London, Boston and Tel Aviv. Totally owns and operates: ⁕Jewish News, serves London ⁕The Jewish Advocate, serves Greater Boston ⁕TotallyJewish.com
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'totally' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1984
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'totally' in Written Corpus Frequency: #981
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'totally' in Adverbs Frequency: #153
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of totally in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of totally in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of totally in a Sentence
When we got out there. I started by throwing a little bait – a wild animal would typically be in flight mode but these guys were totally tame. They started eating the bait within a foot of me. The boats got a little too close so they got spooked. I quickly netted the male. When I realized they were going to swim I put him in a carrier on the shore and I carried the female. We were able to reunite them, these guys aren’t equipped for the wild at all.
What the Department of Education is talking about is wholly sensible and is an appropriate and totally unsurprising correction to what the Obama administration did.
This totally unauthorized notice is yet another example of deceptive Washington tricks used to take advantage of the voters and get money from the hard-working people the politicians have failed, i will not stand for it and neither should you.
The scholarship changed my life and changed the way I view life totally, it pushed me into a different mindset. Either I can be average or be above average, and this made me realize I can get all As, just to prove to Evan Walker I can get what I want.
The first night, we were totally not ready. We didn’t have any trenches, nothing.
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- تماماArabic
- totalmentCatalan, Valencian
- naprostoCzech
- heltDanish
- totalGerman
- εντελώςGreek
- totalmenteSpanish
- کاملاPersian
- täysinFinnish
- totalementFrench
- gu lèirScottish Gaelic
- पूरी तरह सेHindi
- teljesenHungarian
- ամբողջությամբArmenian
- sama sekaliIndonesian
- totalmente, completamenteItalian
- לגמריHebrew
- 全くJapanese
- ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿKannada
- 전적으로Korean
- به یهکجاریKurdish
- prorsusLatin
- volledig, totaal, helemaalDutch
- helt klartNorwegian
- całkowiciePolish
- totalmentePortuguese
- totalRomanian
- полностьюRussian
- totaltSwedish
- முற்றிலும்Tamil
- โดยสิ้นเชิงThai
- bütünüyleTurkish
- повністюUkrainian
- مکمل طور پرUrdu
- hoàn toànVietnamese
- טאָוטאַליYiddish
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