totally

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total +‎ -ly

totally (not comparable)

To the fullest extent or degree.
Synonyms: completely, entirely, fully, wholly

They've totally demolished the bank on Main Street.
- 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]:
  Antonio. He misses not much.
  Sebastian. No; he doth but mistake the truth totally.
- 1789, Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, London: for the author, Volume 1, Chapter 2, p. 59,^[1]
  The languages of different nations did not totally differ […] They were therefore easily learned;
- 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton […], →OCLC, page 57:
  Your conjecture is totally wrong, I assure you.
- 1969, Chaim Potok, The Promise, New York: Knopf, Chapter 12, p. 226,^[2]
  I trust him totally and without reservation.
(degree, colloquial) Very; extremely.
That was totally wicked!
(modal, colloquial) Definitely; for sure.
That was totally not what happened.

In a total manner; completely

very

definitely