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to·tal·ly

 (tōt′l-ē)
adv.
Entirely; wholly; completely.
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to•tal•ly

(ˈtoʊt l i)

adv.
wholly; entirely; completely.
[1500–10]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.totally - to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')totally - to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
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totally

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totally

adverb
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Translations
naprosto
fuldstændigttotalt
täysin
potpuno
algerlega
完全に
전부
popolnoma
totalt
โดยสิ้นเชิง
hoàn toàn

totally

[ˈtəʊtəlɪ] ADVtotalmente
such a compromise would be totally unacceptableun compromiso así sería totalmente or completamente or del todo inaceptable
he's not totally without principleno carece totalmente de principios
I'm still not totally convincedaún no estoy del todo convencido
a view which has been almost totally ignoreduna postura que ha sido ignorada casi por completo
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totally

[ˈtəʊtəli] adv
(= completely) → totalement
He's totally useless → Il est complètement nul.
something totally different → quelque chose de totalement différent
(= strongly)
I totally disagree → Je suis en total désaccord., Je ne suis absolument pas d'accord.
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totally

advvöllig, total
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totally

[ˈtəʊtəlɪ] advcompletamente
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total

(ˈtəutəl) adjective
whole; complete. What is the total cost of the holiday?; The car was a total wreck.
noun
the whole amount, ie of various sums added together. The total came to / was $10.
verbpast tense, past participle ˈtotalled
to add up or amount to. The doctor's fees totalled $200.
ˈtotally adverb
completely. I was totally unaware of his presence.
total up
to add up. He totalled up (the amount he had sold) at the end of the week.
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totally

بِكَامِلِهِ naprosto totalt völlig εντελώς totalmente täysin totalement potpuno totalmente 完全に 전부 totaal fullstendig całkowicie totalmente полностью totalt โดยสิ้นเชิง tamamen hoàn toàn 完全地
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So he prayed that he might have one of his own eyes put out, by which means his companion would become totally blind.
He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy of the Head of a civilized nation.
But yesterday there were special reasons," pursued Stepan Arkadyevitch, with a meaning smile, totally oblivious of the genuine sympathy he had felt the day before for his friend, and feeling the same sympathy now, only for Vronsky.
I persuade myself, however, that it will be made apparent to every one, that the charge cannot be supported, and that the maxim on which it relies has been totally misconceived and misapplied.
The severe accuracy of some critics has objected to the complexion of the slaves of Brian de Bois-Guilbert, as being totally out of costume and propriety.
This fully explains what is the nature of a slave, and what are his capacities; for that being who by nature is nothing of himself, but totally another's, and is a man, is a slave by nature; and that man who is the property of another, is his mere chattel, though he continues a man; but a chattel is an instrument for use, separate from the body.
In my sleep it was not my wake-a-day personality that took charge of me; it was another and distinct personality, possessing a new and totally different fund of experiences, and, to the point of my dreaming, possessing memories of those totally different experiences.
So far was the skin on his cheeks from being cherry-coloured, that you could not discern what the natural colour of his cheeks was, they being totally overgrown by a black beard, which ascended to his eyes.
Harriet certainly was not clever, but she had a sweet, docile, grateful disposition, was totally free from conceit, and only desiring to be guided by any one she looked up to.
These men placed no value whatever upon their own lives, and it was they who totally destroyed the great Mercenary city of Bellona along with its population of over a hundred thousand souls.
This was a party of regular "down-easters," that is to say, people of New England, who, with the all-penetrating and all-pervading spirit of their race, were now pushing their way into a new field of enterprise with which they were totally unacquainted.
It appeared to her merely the suggestion of Caroline's interested wishes, and she could not for a moment suppose that those wishes, however openly or artfully spoken, could influence a young man so totally independent of everyone.