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Pronunciation
- /ˈtəʊ.tə.li/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈtoʊ.ɾə.li] (Canada, General-American)
- (California) audio
- tō'tə-lē (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈtoʊ.tə.li/ (Canada, General-American)
- (UK) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English total Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English totally From total + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) To the fullest extent or degree.
The project poses exceptional challenges, given that Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and driest continent on Earth, as well as the most remote and inaccessible, being almost totally covered by a vast ice sheet.
2019 September 26, Gianluca Mezzofiore, “Wanted: A design team for a building project at Earth’s most remote location – Antarctica”, in CNN:Your conjecture is totally wrong, I assure you.
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:Antonio. He misses not much. Sebastian. No; he doth but mistake the truth totally.
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]:The languages of different nations did not totally differ […] They were therefore easily learned;
1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 2, in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, volume 1, London: for the author, page 59:They've totally demolished the bank on Main Street.
I trust him totally and without reservation.
1969, Chaim Potok, chapter 12, in The Promise, New York: Knopf, page 226:
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(colloquial, not-comparable, qualifier:degree) Very; extremely.
That was totally wicked!
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(colloquial, modal, not-comparable) Definitely; for sure.
That was totally not what happened.
Well, we’ve spoken to a lawyer, and the answer, it turns out, is, ‘Yes. That would totally be assault.’ So we’ll say that I didn’t do it.
2017, Adam Kay, This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor:
Deriveds
totally geodesic · totally ordered set · totally nice day · totally ordered · totally kind day · totally disconnected · totes
Synonyms
fully · wholly · completely · entirely
Translations (46)
es de todo punto (In a total manner; completely) · pl totalnie (In a total manner; completely) · bg изцяло (In a total manner; completely) · txb attsaik (In a total manner; completely) · de völlig (In a total manner; completely) · it totalmente (In a total manner; completely) · gl de todo (In a total manner; completely) · de absolut (definitely) · sv verkligen (very) · de vollständig (In a total manner; completely) · pl zupełnie (In a total manner; completely) · es totalmente (In a total manner; completely) · de komplett (very) · pl totalnie (very) · ca totalment (In a total manner; completely) · ro total (In a total manner; completely) · pl bezwzględnie (In a total manner; completely) · got 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉 (In a total manner; completely) · fi täysin (In a total manner; completely) · de komplett (In a total manner; completely) · sv verkligen (definitely) · ro totalmente (In a total manner; completely) · sv säkerligen (definitely) · gd gu lèir (very) · sv totalt (In a total manner; completely) · bg напълно (In a total manner; completely) · sv självklart (definitely) · gd gu lèir (In a total manner; completely) · pl całkowicie (In a total manner; completely) · nl totaal (In a total manner; completely) · pdt gauns (In a total manner; completely) · nl helemaal (In a total manner; completely) · es con armas y bagajes (In a total manner; completely) · io totale (In a total manner; completely) · fi kokonaan (In a total manner; completely) · nl volledig (In a total manner; completely) · la funditus (In a total manner; completely) · bg съвсем (very) · fr totalement (In a total manner; completely) · ckb بە یەکجاری (In a total manner; completely) · pt totalmente (In a total manner; completely) · it completamente (In a total manner; completely) · gl totalmente (In a total manner; completely) · sv helt (definitely) · sco pure (very) · yue 完全 (In a total manner; completely)