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totally, adv.|ˈtəʊtəlɪ|
[f. total a. + -ly2: cf. Schol.L. totāliter, OF. totalement (Oresme, 14th c.).]
In a total manner or degree; wholly, completely, entirely, altogether.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xliv. (Percy Soc.) 216 Lyke as the worlde was distroyed totally By the virgins sone, so it semed well A virgins sone to redeme it pyteously. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §32 The Imprudence and Presumption..of carrying the Prince into Spain, was totally Forgotten. 1660Blount Boscobel 23 Thus was the Royal Army totally subdued, thus dispersed. 1711Addison Spect. No. 121 ⁋6 Tho' the Mole be not totally blind (as it is commonly thought). 1815W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 30 note, He seems to be at present totally eclipsed by Walter Scott. 1882Mrs. Pitman Mission L. Greece & Pal. 155 It is totally beyond human effort to control the memory.
†b. In a body, collectively, in one lot. Obs. rare.
1676Lond. Gaz. No. 1073/4 Divers Watches and Pocket Clocks..are to be Sold, either totally or severally, at his late shop,..on the back-side of the Royal Exchange, London.
▸ colloq. (orig. and chiefly U.S.). In weakened use, as an intensifier: (modifying an adjective) very, extremely; (modifying a verb) definitely, absolutely.
1972Screw 29 May 33/2 (advt.) A totally dominant English massage by a lovely female, in your home or office. a1978J. Carpenter Halloween (film script) 20 You totally never showed up. 1981Washington Post 8 Oct. b1/1 Scott Wallace is padded and pumped... Awesome, man, totally awesome. 1994A. Heckerling Clueless (film script) Green Revised Pages 1, I live in Beverly Hills with my father, who's a totally prominent attorney. 2004Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 11 Jan. xiii. 3/1 Dude, I had to give her my seat. She totally reminded me of my mom! |