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Totally

Definition: Totally

Totally

Adverb

1. To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; "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"; (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly' as in "a whole new idea").

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "totally" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Totally

DomainDefinition

Slang

Adverb. Source: Borrowed from slang of other groups. Definition: To empahsixe something, an event or used in agreement. Context: Casual conversation, or whatever setting deems appropriate. Social Source: Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Totally

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
TOTEnglishTotally Off-TopicComputer - (slang, Usenet, IRC)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Totally

Synonyms: all (adv), altogether (adv), completely (adv), entirely (adv), whole (adv), wholly (adv). (additional references)
Antonym: partly (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Totally

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Completeness

Adverb: completely; Adjective: altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite; all out; over head and ears; effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders; neck and heel, neck and crop; in all respects, in every respect; at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes; toto coelo; utterly; clean, clean as a whistle; to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone; hollow, stark; heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground.

Whole

Adverb: wholly, altogether; totally; (completely); entirely, all, all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together; in the aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the long run; en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily, en bloc, in extenso, throughout, every inch; substantially.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Totally

English words defined with "totally": absolutely, absorbed, abstentious, abstinent, all, altogether, Americanise, Americanizebombclewless, clueless, cold sober, completely, comprise, contain, crazy, cringing, critical angle, cryptic, cryptical, culvert, cut to ribbonsdeaf as a post, deep, Dresden, dudengrossed, entirely, enwrapped, exterminable, extirpablegraceless, groveling, grovellinghalf-baked, huelessimbue, impossible, inconceivable, incorporate, inscrutable, intent, ionised, ionising, ionized, ionizinglymphoblastic leukemiameshuga, meshugge, metagrabolised, metagrabolized, metagrobolised, metagrobolized, mysterious, mystified, mystifyingout of the questionpan, profoundly deafraptsaturate, screwball, soak, softheaded, stone-deaf, stone-sober, surprisetear apart, Teetotally, To break, To break the back, trash, turkeyunannounced, undesiring, undesirous, unhearing, unheralded, unimaginable, uninterested, unpleasing, unpredictedwhole, wholly, wormlike, wormy, wrapped. (references)
Specialty definitions using "totally": ACE Rev.1, active implantable medical device, aerated semi-sparkling winebreakoff phenomenonCataracts, cinder coal, Clean Water Act, combined effectDemon Internet Ltd., depositing-out tank, Destratification, DISTRIBUTION UTILITYESLPDPROfear and loathing, four-color glossies, four-colour glossies, FPA unless, FPA unless caused by, free of particular average unless, free of particular average unless caused byGenius From Mars TechniqueHP Storm or HP SupercellIlliac IV, impulse buying, impulse purchasekremvaxLaspeyres index, least fixed point, liberator tank, Longitudinal WavesNahash, non-stocked forest landorthogonally convex rectilinear polygon, Osteochondritis Dissecansplug and play, prospective ratingreflux ratio, refrigerated cargo vessel, refrigerator ship, Rufussheltered employment, software laser, Spot Bill, stiffyteetotaler, totally ordered, totally ordered set, Towers magnetic stirrerunplaneed buying, unsaturated zone, unstocked forest land, user-programmablewashed-out sand, White MothZilog Z8. (references)

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Modern Usage: Totally

DomainUsage

Screenplays

She seems totally uninterested in me, despite my smothering obsessiveness (Cabin Boy; writing credit: Adam Resnick)

I'm totally and completely serious (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.)

No. It's totally empty (Coming to America; writing credit: David Sheffield)

Are you totally de-ranged (A Fish Called Wanda; writing credit: John Cleese.)

Nick, come on, admit it. You're totally and completely gay (What Women Want; writing credit: Josh Goldsmith; Cathy Yuspa)

Lyrics

Right at this moment I'm totally cool (I Go To Extremes; performing artist: Billy Joel)

Next time I will be totally sure, oh (Brokenhearted; performing artist: Brandy)

I get totally crazy (Man! I Feel Like A Woman!; performing artist: SHANIA TWAIN)

You give me such a vibe, I is totally bonafide, mmm (IT FEELS SO GOOD; performing artist: Sonique)

And leave me totally dazed (It's Bad For Me; performing artist: The Roches)

Clever

Is it possible to be totally partial? (references; author: unknown)

Two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different. (references; author: unknown)

Death is not totally extinguishing the light, but turning off the lamp because the dawn has come. (references; author: unknown)

Tongue Twisters

Two toads, totally tired. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Totally Sexy Loser (2003)

A Fate Totally Worse Than Death (2000)

The Ordinary Life of Totally Psycho (1999)

Totally Ridiculous (1998)

Jeff Foxworthy: Totally Committed (1998)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Totally

DomainTitle

References

  • Totally Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • How to Give Her Absolute Pleasure: Totally Explicit Techniques Every Woman Wants Her Man to Know (reference)

  • How To Calm Down Even If You're Absolutely, Totally Nuts: A Simple Guide To Relaxation (reference)

  • Totally Absurd Inventions (reference)

  • Totally Cool Grandparenting: A Practical Handbook of Time-Tested Tips, Activities, and Memorable Moments to Share for the Modern Grandparent (reference)

  • The Totally Garlic Cookbook (Totally Cookbooks) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Totally

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Shown are laboratory technicians, under sterile conditions processing antibiotics that are active against cancer. They are totally enclosed in protective clothing to keep them from exposure to the possible carcinogenicity of the elements they are handling. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Typhoon damage from a Category 5 typhoon about a week after the storm. Totally wiped out a coconut and breadfruit plantation. Inhabitants dug pit on highest part of island and put coconut logs over pit for shelter. Some fatalities occurred. Credit: Small World.

War workers' nursery. His milk and graham crackers, part of the Bella Vista Nursery School's afternoon schedule, do not seem to be totally occupying this young man's attention. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Totally
 

"In School III." by Slivester Chua
Commentary: "This shot was taken on the corridor of Blk F, 2nd level, right outside my classroom, 2S2. I took advantage of the quietness, and it was totally emptied, unlike its most active hours."
"Chichén Itza Ballcourt" by Luis Alves
Commentary: "The Mayans were great sportsmen and build huge ballcourts to play their games. The Great Ballcourt of Chichén Itzá is 545 feet long and 225 feet wide overall. It has no vault, no discontinuity between the walls and is totally open to the sky. Each end has"

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Totally

AuthorQuotation

Frank Lloyd Wright

I believe totally in a Capitalist System, I only wish that someone would try it.

Peter F. Drucker

When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.

Pliny

The lust of avarice has to totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them, than they to possess their wealth.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Totally

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

This is demonstratively to reduce all to anarchy, and so effectually to dissolve the government: for laws not being made for themselves, but to be, by their execution, the bonds of the society, to keep every part of the body politic in its due place and function; when that totally ceases, the government visibly ceases, and the people become a confused multitude, without order or connexion. (Second Treatise of Government)

US Declaration of Independence

1776

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 the Head of a civilized nation. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Totally

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The syndrome can appear dramatically or be totally asymptomatic. (references)

Most can occur in otherwise totally healthy people, male or female. (references)

They are totally dependent on their hosts for replication and overall survival. (references)

Business

The public sector is almost totally organized. (references)

This situation is totally different in public schools. (references)

Foreign cars were totally an alien concept in the Soviet Union. (references)

Children

Angola

Most of the educational infrastructure was either partially or totally damaged and lacks basic equipment and teaching materials. (references)

Macau

The Government almost totally subsidizes 5 group homes, 14 rehabilitation centers, and 7 other charitable institutions serving persons with disabilities. (references)

Economic History

Syria

STE is planning on becoming totally digital by 2002. (references)

Human Rights

Dominican Republic

Some prisons are totally out of the control of the authorities. (references)

Nicaragua

Casa Alianza alleged that while there were few cases of the children being beaten by the police wardens, the children were locked in often totally dark, overcrowded cells for weeks or months at time. (references)

Political Economy

Venezuela

Chávez's party holds 10 of the 22 governorships, but since most states are almost totally dependent on the central government for financing, criticism of government policies by governors belonging to other parties is muted. (references)

Trade

Ireland

The reexported goods may be partly or totally processed. (references)

Israel

In addition, Israeli standards totally exclude many fruits on phytosanitary grounds. (references)

Cape Verde

In 1999, Caixa Geral de Depósitos joined with Cape Verdean business people and created the Banco Interatlantico the first totally private Cape Verdean bank. (references)

Travel

Ecuador

The information below concerning Ecuador is provided for general reference only, and may not be totally accurate in a particular location or circumstance. (references)

Women

India

The August HRW report states that "the triple burden of caste, class, and gender effectively ensured that lower-caste women are the farthest removed from legal protections." In Kashmir Lashkar-e-Jabbar, the terrorist group that has required all Muslim women to wear a burqa (a garment which totally covers the face and body) when in public or risk retribution. (references)

Worker Rights

Senegal

The small industrial component of the total work force of 4 million was almost totally unionized. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Totally

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dick Cheney

If nothing had happened. If there had not been the totally irresponsible charges last week, that wouldn't have affected any of this anyway.

Donald Rumsfeld

You know, I really didn't have an expectation, because it is so different, it is so totally different from anything this country's ever had to do that there wasn't any bar to measure ourselves against. What we knew we had to do was hard.

Judy Sheindlin

Totally. Be very careful about your answer, sir. I want you to do me a favor. I want you to, in a moment, get me the name of the best psychiatrists that we can find here, because this man clearly is psychotic.

Margaret Thatcher

The government wants a peaceful settlement. But your government totally rejects a peaceful sellout. There would be neither honor nor credibility in our country or our people if we were to do that.

Marlo Thomas

They're very hard working. They're totally unspoiled. I hadn't been on in a few years and I was surprised after all the hoopla, and all the money they're making, and all that, and all the success that they have, they haven't changed one bit.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Next question. It bothered, of course. And some of the mostly totally speculatively things they're not truth and they're known. But I guess I was accepting this as a part of the cultural need for that kind of thing, you know.

Richard Shelby

Absolutely, Mark. You're totally right. And that's part and parcel of this inquiry that we have initiated between the House and Senate Intelligence Committees. We're just getting started.

Rosie O'Donnell

Listen, it warms me like nothing else to see how much her life has grown from the addition of this beautiful baby girl. And it's very similar to the way I feel my life has totally flourished and become full as the result of my son.

Rush Limbaugh

I told you in an earlier chapter that George Bush departed so radically from the policies of Ronald Reagan that history books would eventually treat the Reagan and Bush eras as totally different periods.

William Shatner

Totally off the cuff. It is something that you would be very familiar with. It has been called a great interview. And that's essentially what it is. We interview each other, and the subject matter at hand, we both riff on.

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Speeches: Totally

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989To encourage opportunity and jobs rather than dependency and welfare, we will propose that individuals living at or near the poverty line be totally exempt from Federal income tax.

George Bush

1989-1993When I held the little guy fo the first time, the troubles at home and abroad seemed manageable, and totally in perspective.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Totally

"Totally" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.86% of the time. "Totally" is used about 5,809 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)99.86%5,8011,684
Noun (proper)0.14%8124,375
                    Total100.00%5,809N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Totally

CountryName
United Kingdom

Totally Plc

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Totally

Expressions using "totally": totally depleted semiconductor detector totally ordered totally ordered set. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "totally": totally-enclosed, totally-enclosed, totally-owned, totally-symmetric.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Totally

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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507

b r totally

26

totally free stuff

399

downloads free music totally

25

totally free personals

285

picture spy totally

24

totally free pic

188

cam free totally web

24

totally

161

find free people totally

23

totally awesome computer

102

free ringtone totally

23

hip hop totally

91

toddian totally

22

free pic teen totally

67

casino free game menu totally

21

totally free

65

apple hot juicy scrub sugar totally

20

totally free credit report

59

juicy totally

19

totally free sample

53

totally free cell phone

19

totally hit

49

totally free dating site

19

totally tan

48

totally free game

19

totally 80s

40

totally hip

19

spies.com totally

37

spice totally

18

busted totally

35

tomato totally

18

totally tasteless video

32

any ar boat other pedal powered that totally unlike

18

totally teen

31

espn hooked totally

17

totally free dating

30

stainless totally

17

london totally

28

britney totally

16
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Modern Translation: Totally

Language Translations for "totally"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

tërësisht (all, altogether, at large, completely, entirely, fully, heartily, holus-bolus, outright, sheer, thoroughly, through and through, utterly, wholly), plotësisht (absolutely, all, at large, clear, cold, completely, dead, diametrically, entirely, fully, heartily, hollow, large, neck and crop, out and out, outright, perfectly, plain, plenty, Plumb, properly, quite, sheer, sound, stark, thoroughly, through and through, throughly, to the full extent, to the ground, up, up to the hilt, utterly, well, wholly, wide, widely), gjithsej (altogether, in all, in total, in whole, utterly, wholly). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كليا (absolutely, altogether, completely, entirely, fully, in full, outright, wholly), ‏تماما (all, all right, alright, altogether, completely, decidedly, diametrically, enough, entirely, exactly, fairly, fully, in full, just, ok, okay, okey, perfectly, plumb, precisely, properly, quite, quite so, right, sharp, simply, smack, so far so good, stark, stock, thoroughly, through and through, utterly, very, well, wholly, wide), ‏بالكلية. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съвсем (all, altogether, clean, clear, completely, directly, dooms, fairly, just, largely, most, plain, precious, quite, real, regularly, simply, sopping, spang, thoroughly, to the core, to the wide, up, well, wholly, wide), като цяло (all in all, at large, bodily, on the whole), напълно (absolutely, all, altogether, amply, clean, completely, dead, entirely, every bit, fairly, fully, hollow, intimately, largely, out and out, outright, perfectly, quite, richly, sheer, spang, stark, stiff, thoroughly, through, throughly, to the full, to the letter, to the wide, utterly, well, whole-hog, wholly, wide, without reserve), изцяло (all, altogether, clean, en bloc, entirely, in full, neck and crop, outright, over, right, sheer, through, through and through, tread and thrum, whole-hog, wholly). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

完全 (complete, entirely, whole). (various references)

   

Czech

  

naprosto (absolutely, altogether, dead, entirely, flat, fully, heartily, perfectly, quite, sheer, to the hilt, utterly). (various references)

   

Danish

  

totaludtømt halvlederdetektor (totally depleted semiconductor detector), totaltømt halvlederdetektor (totally depleted semiconductor detector), uventileret motor (non-ventilated motor, totally-enclosed motor), lukket motor (non-ventilated motor, totally-enclosed motor), kapslet motor (totally-enclosed motor), kapslet (enclosed, totally-enclosed), indkapslet motor (armoured motor, metal-clad motor, totally-enclosed motor), heltidsledig arbejdstager (totally unemployed person), helt arbejdsløs arbejdstager (totally unemployed person), helkapslet med ventilatorkøling (totally-enclosed fan-ventilated), helkapslet med vandkøling (totally-enclosed water-cooled), helkapslet med separat ventilatorkøling (totally-enclosed separately fan-ventilated), helkapslet med separat luft-luftkølet ventilatorkøling (totally-enclosed separately fan-ventilated air-cooled), helkapslet med luft-luftkølet ventilatorkøling (totally-enclosed fan-ventilated air-cooled), helkapslet (totally-enclosed). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

totaal (amount, at all, complete, completely, entirely, full, integral, overall, quite, sum, through, total, whole, wholly), helemaal (at all, entirely, quite, wholly). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

täysin (entirely, fully, quite, wholly), kokonaan (completely, entirely, wholly). (various references)

   

French

  

totalement (in total), plein (total), complètement (from over to cover). (various references)

   

German

  

total (dead, entire, integral, out and out, outright, overall, radical, thoroughly, total, totalitarian, unmitigated, utter, utterly, whole), vollständig (absolutely, complete, completely, entire, entirely, full, in full, integral, outright, perfect, plenary, quite, thorough, to the full, total, unqualified), vollkommen (absolute, absolutely, altogether, complete, completely, consummate, ideal, integral, out and out, outright, perfect, perfectly, plenarily, profound, quintessential, thorough, thoroughly, unflawed, unmitigated, utter), völlig (absolutely, altogether, arrant, complete, completely, consummately, dead, downright, entirely, full, fully, out and out, outright, perfect, perfectly, plain, profound, quite, sheer, thorough, through, total, uncompromisingly, utterly, wanton, wholly, widely), rundum (all around, completely), rundherum (all around, round about), restlos (complete, completely, total), gänzlich (altogether, at all, completely, entirely, fully, quite, well, wholly), durchweg (consistently, in every way, throughout, without exception). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καθ' ολοκληρίαν (throughout). (various references)

   

Guarani

  

hesakãmbáma (it is already totally clear). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לגמרי (altogether, clean, completely, downright, entirely, fully, neck and crop, out and out, over, quite, right, thoroughly, to the wide, up to the hilt, utterly, wholly), כליל (complete, completely, downright, entirely, out and out, over, passim, quite, stark, stiff, thoroughly, total, utter, utterly, whole), בסך הכל (altogether, by and large, in all, in total). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

egészen (completely, entirely, even, fairly, home, just, outright, plumb, quite, throughout, to drive sg home, to the full, to the top of one's bent, wholly). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

sama sekali (absolutely, at all, roundly), habis-habisan (completely, vehemently). (various references)

   

Italian

  

completo (absolute, all, all out, all round, arrant, blank, clear, complete, dead, entire, full, full up, implicit, inclusive, integral, intimate, out and out, outfit, outright, overall, perfect, round, set, sound, stark, suit, thorough, total, unabridged, utter, whole). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

全く (completely, entirely, really, truly, wholly). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぜんじどう (totally automatic), ごりむちゅう (all at sea, be in a maze, be totally at a loss, bewildered, in a fog, lose one's bearings, mystified, up in the air). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

총계적으로. (various references)

   

Manx

  

dy slane (completely, fully, quite, thoroughly). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otallytay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

trabalhador assalariado em situação de desemprego completo (totally unemployed person), países situados total ou parcialmente a norte do paralelo 40 graus N (countries situated totally or partially north of 40 degrees N), motor não ventilado (non-ventilated motor, totally-enclosed motor), motor estanque (armoured motor, metal-clad motor, totally-enclosed motor), motor blindado (armoured motor, metal-clad motor, totally-enclosed motor), máquina protegida autoventilada com refrigerador de ar (totally-enclosed fan-ventilated air-cooled), máquina fechada com ventilação separada e refrigerador de ar (totally-enclosed separately fan-ventilated air-cooled), máquina fechada com ventilação separada (totally-enclosed separately fan-ventilated), máquina fechada com refrigerador ar-água (totally-enclosed water-cooled), máquina fechada autoventilada (totally-enclosed fan-ventilated), máquina fechada (totally-enclosed), herdeiro legitimário (heir who cannot be totally disinherited, some countries grant a certain reserved portion to the surviving spouse), detector semicondutor de depleção total (totally depleted semiconductor detector). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

totalmente (absolutely, utterly), total (absolute, all out, blank, complete, completely, count, crass, dead, entire, exclusive, gross, inclusive, outright, perfectly, quite, sum, thorough, total, unmitigated, utter, utterly, whole, wholly). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

полностью (across the board, all, all around, all-around, completely, consummately, dead, down to earth, entirely, fully, in full, neck and crop, out and out, purely, to full advantage, to its fullest, up to the hilt, wholly). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

totalno, u celosti (altogether, completely, en bloc, full: in full, great, whole: on the whole, wholly), skroz (completely, radically, through), sasvim (all over, all: at all, clean, completely, dead, entirely, fairly, lock up stock and barrel, plunk, quite, sheer, span-new, stark, stinking, throughout, utterly, well, well nigh, whole, wholly, wide), potpuno (absolutely, all over, broadly, completely, consummately, dead, entirely, full scale, fully, outright, purely, roundly, sheer, solely, span-new, stark, thoroughly, throughly, unreservedly, utterly, whole). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

totalmente (cold, completely, dead, entirely, positively, total, unmitigated, unmitigatedly, whole, wholly). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

totalt (all ends up, clear, entirely, fully, globally, in total, sheer, utterly). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

bütünüyle (all, at full length, at large, bang, clear, completely, en bloc, entirely, flat, fully, hollow, in large, quite, up to the hilt), bütün olarak (bodily, completely, en bloc, outright), bütün bütün (altogether, completely, through and through, thru and thru, utterly, whole). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

tutuюlaяyn (entirely, totally 1), tutuюlagyna (entirely, totally 2), halys (totally 2). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

загалом (all in all, altogether, any, anywhere, by and large, in general, in sum, on the whole), повністю (absolutely, all, all in all, chock, cold, completely, directly, entirely, fully, hollow, in the whole, in total, outright, radically, sheer, solid, throughout, whole-hog, wholly). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

llwyrymwrthod (abstain totally), llwyrymatal (abstain totally). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Totally

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

funditus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Totally

Derivations

Words ending with "totally": subtotally, teetotally. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Totally" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: rostrally, todall, Tofayli, tomally, Tootell, Tortellier, totallie, totaly, tottally. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Totally"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "totally" (pronounced tō"tulē)
5-ō" t u l ēanecdotally.
4-t u l ēaccidentally, brutally, coincidentally, continentally, developmentally, digitally, jauntily, environmentally, experimentally, fatally, fundamentally, governmentally, hastily, haughtily, heartily, horizontally, incidentally, incrementally, mentally, mightily, monumentally, mortally, nattily, scantily, subtly, temperamentally, testily, vitally, wittily.
3-u l ēabysmally, abnormally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, diagonally, diametrically, dismally, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, morally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Totally

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-l-l-o-t-t-y"

-2 letters: allot, alloy, atoll, loyal, lytta, tally, tolyl, total.

-3 letters: ally, alto, lota, olla, tall, tola, toll.

-4 letters: all, alt, att, lat, lay, lot, oat, tao, tat, tot, toy.

-5 letters: al, at, ay, la, lo, oy, ta, to, ya, yo.

 Words containing the letters "a-l-l-o-t-t-y"
 

+3 letters: subtotally, teetotally, tolerantly, volatility.

 

+4 letters: antidotally, mitotically, postnatally, potentially, thallophyte, tonetically.

 

+5 letters: amitotically, contextually, cytoskeletal, intolerantly, mutationally, phyllotactic, polytonality, tectonically, tetragonally, thallophytes, thallophytic, tinctorially, tolerability, torrentially, yellowthroat.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Images: Digital Art
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Historic
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Spoken
12. Quotations: Speeches
13. Usage Frequency
14. Names: Company Usage
15. Expressions
16. Expressions: Internet
17. Translations: Modern
18. Translations: Ancient
19. Abbreviations
20. Acronyms
21. Derivations
22. Rhymes
23. Anagrams
24. Bibliography


  

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