totally

adverb

to·​tal·​ly ˈtō-tᵊl-ē 

: in a total manner : to a total or complete degree : wholly, entirely

Synonyms of totally

• completely
• fully
• utterly
• quite
• perfectly
• wholly
• all
• thoroughly
• entirely
• absolutely
• even

Examples of totally in a Sentence

That's a totally different issue.

I am totally upset you can't make it to the celebration.

Recent Examples on the Web

An iPad in your pocket The iPhone Duo would have looked like a totally fresh take on the foldable design a few months ago, but Samsung has made waves with the Galaxy Z Fold 8. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026

Two of our three chaos calls from last Saturday totally delivered — Boise State gave Oregon a scare, and WMU-Michigan gave us the strangest ending in years. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Gulliver sees a society totally consumed by impractical and abstract scientific interrogation. — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

Bubeck said OpenAI’s internal model had independently solved the Euler problem by totally different means than those employed by Buckmaster and Alpöge. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1509, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

totally

adverb

to·​tal·​ly ˈtōt-ᵊl-ē 

1

: in a total manner : wholly

2

: as a whole