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ˈtoʊt l ito·tal·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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

  1. totallyadverb

    Entirely; completely.

    The car was totally destroyed in the crash.

  2. totallyadverb

    Very; extremely.

    That was totally wicked!

  3. totallyadverb

    Definitely.

    That was totally not what happened.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Totallyadverb

    in a total manner; wholly; entirely

Wikidata

  1. 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

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'totally' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1984

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'totally' in Written Corpus Frequency: #981

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'totally' in Adverbs Frequency: #153

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of totally in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of totally in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of totally in a Sentence

  1. Kikkan Randall:

    I am cancer free as far as we know, it was a totally crazy adventure, I mean the absolute opposite of what I expected coming off the gold medal, but it's amazing how quickly my athlete frame of mind took over and I just knew this was going to be my latest challenge.

  2. Ene Riisna:

    A friend is someone who makes me feel totally acceptable.

  3. Niina Werronen:

    Voting is pretty important to me so I eventually figured it out, but I could totally see how it could stop people from voting.

  4. Chuck Schumer:

    As I said, discussion in this kind of situation is not out of the question at all, saying you're going to do just what the President wants is totally out of line and Mitch McConnell has received a lot of justified criticism for that.

  5. Donald Trump:

    I had the good sense to leave Atlantic City, which by the way, Caesars just went bankrupt. Every company — Chris [Christie] can tell you — every company virtually in Atlantic City went bankrupt, i left Atlantic City before it totally cratered, and I made a lot of money in Atlantic City, and I'm very proud of it.... By the way, this country right now owes $19 trillion. And they need somebody like me to straighten out that mess.

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