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totally

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

wholly; entirely; completely:
The two sisters have totally different personalities.
Informal. (used as an intensifier):
I totally cried when the movie ended. That was totally not what I meant.

Informal. definitely; absolutely (used to express complete agreement or strong affirmation):
Yes, totally, he should apologize to you!

Origin of totally¹

First recorded in 1500–10; total + -ly

Its graceful hotels and beautiful restaurants are totally dependent on the tourist trade.

It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice, to which we are totally committed in our time.

If life gets in the way, Desert Golfing totally understands.

And some dresses can be totally altered from an app on your phone.

And this song is just absolute genius and totally universal.

We stood staring after the fugitives in perfect bewilderment, totally unable to explain their apparently causeless panic.

The village of Gibel was totally destroyed, and many houses in Tripoli were tumbled down.

Mr. Addison, whose abilities no man can doubt, was from diffidence totally unable to speak in the house.

The British transport Europa, having troops on board, was totally destroyed by fire opposite Brest, and 21 lives lost.

A Virginia tobacco-barn is totally unlike any other building under the sun.

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