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totally

to·tally

UK/ˈtəʊ.tə.li/ US/ˈtoʊ.tə.li/ very common

adverb

1.

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”

Origin

From total + -ly.

Phrases

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

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