Synonyms
Examples of totally in a Sentence
That's a totally different issue.
I am totally upset you can't make it to the celebration.
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That question serves as the basis for both absurdist comedy and serious philosophical inquiry, though the line between the two is never totally fixed in place.
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Brad Sanders, SPIN, 10 Apr. 2024
All of this is to say—Stewart is totally killing her fashion game this year.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2024
The community of just under 1,400 residents may have doubled its population Monday, as the lone area of Michigan within the North American eclipse's path of totality — the moon passing between the Earth and sun, totally blocking the sun for an exhilarating 19 seconds or so at 3:13 p.m.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
The precision, the continuous following over 1.8 kilometers until the three cars were totally destroyed and all the members inside those three.
—ABC News, 7 Apr. 2024
Prohibition would be totally repealed in December 1933, when the 21st Amendment was ratified.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
If our moon were smaller or farther away, or our sun larger or nearer, our sun would never be totally eclipsed.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
Solar eclipses occur when the moon passes directly between the sun and Earth's orbits, blocking the sun from Earth's view either totally or partially.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 5 Apr. 2024
Even the banks’ famous collections are—perhaps appropriately for the shadowy art world—totally opaque from an accounting perspective.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2024
Brad Sanders, SPIN, 10 Apr. 2024
All of this is to say—Stewart is totally killing her fashion game this year.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2024
The community of just under 1,400 residents may have doubled its population Monday, as the lone area of Michigan within the North American eclipse's path of totality — the moon passing between the Earth and sun, totally blocking the sun for an exhilarating 19 seconds or so at 3:13 p.m.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
The precision, the continuous following over 1.8 kilometers until the three cars were totally destroyed and all the members inside those three.
—ABC News, 7 Apr. 2024
Prohibition would be totally repealed in December 1933, when the 21st Amendment was ratified.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
If our moon were smaller or farther away, or our sun larger or nearer, our sun would never be totally eclipsed.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
Solar eclipses occur when the moon passes directly between the sun and Earth's orbits, blocking the sun from Earth's view either totally or partially.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 5 Apr. 2024
Even the banks’ famous collections are—perhaps appropriately for the shadowy art world—totally opaque from an accounting perspective.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1509, in the meaning defined above
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“Totally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/totally. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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