totally

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈtəʊ.tə.li/
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/ˈtəʊ.tə.li/ · /ˈtoʊ.tə.li/ · [ˈtoʊ.ɾə.li]

Definition of totally

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (not-comparable)To the fullest extent or degree.
    “They've totally demolished the bank on Main Street.”
    “Antonio. He misses not much. Sebastian. No; he doth but mistake the truth totally.”
    “The languages of different nations did not totally differ […] They were therefore easily learned;”
    “Your conjecture is totally wrong, I assure you.”
    “I trust him totally and without reservation.”
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adv

  1. (not-comparable)To the fullest extent or degree.
    “They've totally demolished the bank on Main Street.”
    “Antonio. He misses not much. Sebastian. No; he doth but mistake the truth totally.”
    “The languages of different nations did not totally differ […] They were therefore easily learned;”
    “Your conjecture is totally wrong, I assure you.”
    “I trust him totally and without reservation.”
  2. (colloquial, not-comparable)Very; extremely.
    “That was totally wicked!”
  3. (colloquial, modal, not-comparable)Definitely; for sure.
    “That was totally not what happened.”
    “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.”

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Etymology

From total + -ly.

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