totally

B1
US /ˈtoʊ.tə.li/ UK /ˈtəʊ.tə.li/
adv Freq #760

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    To the fullest extent or degree.

    They've totally demolished the bank on Main Street.

  2. 2
    adv

    Very; extremely.

    That was totally wicked!

  3. 3
    adv

    Definitely; for sure.

    That was totally not what happened.

  4. 4
    adv

    to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')

Etymology

From total + -ly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · to the fullest extent or... completelyentirelyfullywholly
4 adv · to a complete degree or to... wholly
Word family
Derived forms totes

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