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totally

  • adverb
  • tō'tə-lē

To the fullest extent or degree.

Example

“They've totally demolished the bank on Main Street.”

Other meanings

  1. very; extremely.

    “That was totally wicked!”

  2. Definitely; for sure.

    “That was totally not what happened.”

Synonyms

  • wholly
  • entirely
  • completely
  • all
  • altogether
  • whole

Related words

  • totally disconnected
  • totally nice day
  • totally geodesic
  • totally ordered
  • totally ordered set
  • totes
  • totally kind day

Example sentences

  • “I don't totally understand the rules.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “I totally get it, too.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “totally” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.