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totally

/ˈtəʊ.tə.li//ˈtoʊ.tə.li/

totally adverb: to the fullest extent or degree.

Adverb

totally (not comparable)

  1. To the fullest extent or degree.
    • They've totally demolished the bank on Main Street.
    • Antonio. He misses not much.
      Sebastian. No; he doth but mistake the truth totally.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...
  2. (colloquial, degree) Very; extremely.
    • That was totally wicked!
  3. (colloquial, modal) Definitely; for sure.
    • That was totally not what happened.
    • Well, we’ve spoken to a lawyer, and the answer, it turns out, is, ‘Yes. That would totally be assault.’ So we’ll say that I didn’t do it.2017, Adam Kay, This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

totally meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

totally in Hindi

totally, wholly, entirely
सम्यक् samyak
totally, completely, entirely, through-and-through
सरासर sarāsar

totally in Tamil

முழுதும், முற்றும், ஒன்றுவிடாமல், மொத்தமாக, பாகுபாடின்றி

totally in Urdu

totally
کل kul
totally, completely, entirely, through-and-through
سراسر sarāsar

totally in Bengali

সম্পূর্ণভাবে, সর্বাঙ্গে, সমগ্রভাবে
More languagesFewer languages
totally in Malayalam
മുഴുവനായി, സമ്പൂർണ്ണമായി, ആകെ
totally in Kannada
ಒಟ್ಟಾರೆ, ಒಟ್ಟರೆ
totally in Punjabi
ਬਿਲਕੁਲ bilkul
totally in Gujarati
તદ્દન taddan
totally in Assamese
থুঁপ thũp

Examples of totally in a sentence

  • The languages of different nations did not totally differ […] They were therefore easily learned;1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 2, in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, volume 1, London: for the author, page 59:
  • Your conjecture is totally wrong, I assure you.1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for...
  • I trust him totally and without reservation.1969, Chaim Potok, chapter 12, in The Promise, New York: Knopf, page 226:

All 40 example sentences with totally

Synonyms of totally

Origin of totally

From total + -ly.

Words formed from totally

Phrases with totally

Questions about totally

What does totally mean?
Totally means to the fullest extent or degree.
What is totally in Hindi?
Totally in Hindi is सम्यक् (samyak), सरासर (sarāsar). See Totally meaning in Hindi.
How do you use totally in a sentence?
The languages of different nations did not totally differ […] They were therefore easily learned;
What part of speech is totally?
Totally is an adverb.
How do you pronounce totally?
Totally is pronounced /ˈtəʊ.tə.li/ (UK).

Words near totally in the dictionary

  1. totalled
  2. totaller
  3. totallers
  4. totalley
  5. totalling
  6. totally
  7. totally disconnected
  8. totally geodesic
  9. totally kind day
  10. totally nice day
  11. totally ordered

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: totally (page history and authors); सम्यक् (Hindi) (page history and authors); totally (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سراسر (Urdu) (page history and authors); totally (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); totally (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); totally (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਬਿਲਕੁਲ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); તદ્દન (Gujarati) (page history and authors); থুঁপ (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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