TOTALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does totally mean? 

• TOTALLY (adverb)
  The adverb TOTALLY has 1 sense:

1. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent ('whole' is often used informally for 'wholly')

  Familiarity information: TOTALLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOTALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent ('whole' is often used informally for 'wholly')

Synonyms:

all; altogether; completely; entirely; right; totally; whole; wholly

Context example:

he fell right into the trap

Pertainym:

total (constituting the full quantity or extent; complete)

 Context examples 

Your conjecture is totally wrong, I assure you.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

The evening passed without a pause of misery, the night was totally sleepless.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I confess myself so totally surprised at what you tell me, that really—I beg your pardon; but surely there must be some mistake of person or name.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

I need not so totally despair of an equal alliance, as to be addressing myself to Miss Smith!

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Totally confined to bed or chair.

(ECOG Performance Status 4, NCI Thesaurus)

But WISE found something totally unexpected.

(NASA's WISE findings poke hole in black hole 'Doughnut' theory, NASA)

The connection between excess calcium and cancer still isn’t totally clear and will require more research.

(Healthy Diet Can't Be Replaced by Vitamins, Supplements, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

I have since determined that a part of it was due to the man’s personality, but that the greater part was due to his totally different outlook.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I had totally forgotten him. My dear Watson, I owe you a thousand apologies.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The horizon of life was totally new and unfamiliar.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)