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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. Mohammad Javad Zarif:

    We don't say the deal is totally in favour of Iran. Any negotiation is a give and take. We have definitely shown some flexibility, i tell you as I told the Supreme Leader, we did our best to preserve most of the red lines, if not all.

  2. Defence Secretary Ishwori Prasad Paudyal:

    The search for others is continuing. As the helicopter has broken into pieces and totally crashed there is no chance of any survivors.

  3. Jason Roeder:

    The time to stop the next shooting is right now and you are doing nothing, you said this is not predictable. This is totally predictable.

  4. Vladimir Putin:

    It's not clear what she was convicted of or what crime she committed, i think it's a prime example of 'saving face.' They arrested her and put the girl in jail. But there was nothing on her, so in order not to look totally stupid they gave her, fixed her up, with an 18-month sentence to show that she was guilty of something.

  5. First Frontier co-CEO:

    This is a market where everyone is totally underweight and there will obviously be a lot of money going in, hot money at first but then also others, and then there is a big valuation gap there, Iran has a lot of catching up to do when you look at other frontier or emerging markets.

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