Meanings
- not comparableTo the fullest extent or degree.
They've totally demolished the bank on Main Street.
5 more examples
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 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]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 59Your 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 T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 57I trust him totally and without reservation.
1969, Chaim Potok, chapter 12, in The Promise, New York: Knopf, page 226The project poses exceptional challenges, given that Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and driest continent on Earth, as well as the most remote and inaccessible, being almost totally covered by a vast ice sheet.
2019 September 26, Gianluca Mezzofiore, “Wanted: A design team for a building project at Earth’s most remote location – Antarctica”, in CNNSynonyms: completely, entirely, fully, wholly
- colloquialmodalnot comparableDefinitely; for sure.
That was totally not what happened.
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbTo the fullest extent or degree.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbto a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishtotal
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishtotally
Translations
Bulgarian изцяло, напълно
- изцяло (izcjalo)In a total manner; completely
- напълно (napălno)In a total manner; completely
- съвсем (săvsem)very
Catalan totalment
- totalmentIn a total manner; completely
Chinese Cantonese 完全
- 完全 (jyun⁴ cyun⁴)In a total manner; completely
Dutch volledig, helemaal
- volledigIn a total manner; completely
- helemaalIn a total manner; completely
- totaalIn a total manner; completely
Finnish kokonaan, täysin
- kokonaanIn a total manner; completely
- täysinIn a total manner; completely
French totalement
- totalementIn a total manner; completely
German vollständig, komplett
- vollständigIn a total manner; completely
- komplettIn a total manner; completely
- völligIn a total manner; completely
- komplettvery
- absolutdefinitely
Italian totalmente, completamente
- totalmenteIn a total manner; completely
- completamenteIn a total manner; completely
Latin funditus
- funditusIn a total manner; completely
Polish bezwzględnie, całkowicie
- bezwzględnieIn a total manner; completely
- całkowicieIn a total manner; completely
- totalnieIn a total manner; completely
- zupełnieIn a total manner; completely
- totalnievery
Portuguese totalmente
- totalmenteIn a total manner; completely
Romanian total, totalmente
- totalIn a total manner; completely
- totalmenteIn a total manner; completely
Scottish Gaelic gu lèir, gu lèir
- gu lèirIn a total manner; completely
- gu lèirvery
Spanish totalmente, de todo punto
- totalmenteIn a total manner; completely
- de todo puntoIn a total manner; completely
- con armas y bagajesIn a total manner; completely
Swedish totalt, verkligen
- totaltIn a total manner; completely
- verkligenvery
- verkligendefinitely
- självklartdefinitely
- säkerligendefinitely
- heltdefinitely
Cite this entry
totally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/totally
“totally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/totally. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “totally,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/totally.
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