totally

English

Etymology

total +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) enPR: tōt'ə-lē, IPA^(key): /ˈtoʊt.əl.i/

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Adverb

totally (not comparable)

1. To the fullest extent or degree.

   Synonyms: completely, entirely, fully, wholly

   They've totally demolished the bank on Main Street.

   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     Antonio. He misses not much.
     Sebastian. No; he doth but mistake the truth totally.

   • 1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 2, in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano‎^[1], volume 1, London: for the author, page 59:

     The languages of different nations did not totally differ […] They were therefore easily learned;

   • 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 57:

     Your conjecture is totally wrong, I assure you.

   • 1969, Chaim Potok, chapter 12, in The Promise‎^[2], New York: Knopf, page 226:

     I trust him totally and without reservation.

2. (degree, colloquial) Very; extremely.

   That was totally wicked!

3. (modal, colloquial) Definitely; for sure.

   That was totally not what happened.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:completely

Derived terms

• totally disconnected
• totally geodesic
• totally ordered
• totally ordered set

 

Translations

In a total manner; completely

• Bulgarian: изцяло (bg) (izcjalo), напълно (bg) (napǎlno)
• Catalan: totalment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 完全 (jyun⁴ cyun⁴)

• Dutch: volledig (nl), helemaal (nl), totaal (nl)
• Finnish: kokonaan (fi), täysin (fi)
• French: totalement (fr)
• Galician: de todo, totalmente (gl)
• German: vollständig (de), komplett (de), völlig (de)
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉 (allandjō)
• Ido: totale (io)
• Italian: totalmente (it), completamente (it)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بە یەکجاری (be yekcarî)

• Latin: funditus
• Plautdietsch: gauns
• Polish: bezwzględnie (pl), całkowicie (pl), totalnie (pl), zupełnie (pl)
• Portuguese: totalmente (pt)
• Romanian: total (ro), totalmente (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: gu lèir
• Spanish: totalmente (es)
• Swedish: totalt (sv)
• Tocharian B: attsaik

very

• Bulgarian: съвсем (bg) (sǎvsem)
• German: komplett (de)
• Polish: totalnie (pl)
• Scots: pure
• Scottish Gaelic: gu lèir
• Swedish: verkligen (sv)

definitely

• German: absolut (de)
• Swedish: verkligen (sv), självklart (sv), säkerligen (sv), helt (sv)