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.
| 1509 Hawes 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. 1647 Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §32 The Imprudence and Presumption..of carrying the Prince into Spain, was totally Forgotten. 1660 Blount Boscobel 23 Thus was the Royal Army totally subdued, thus dispersed. 1711 Addison Spect. No. 121 ¶6 Tho' the Mole be not totally blind (as it is commonly thought). 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 30 note, He seems to be at present totally eclipsed by Walter Scott. 1882 Mrs. 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.
| 1676 Lond. 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.
| 1972 Screw 29 May 33/2 (advt.) A totally dominant English massage by a lovely female, in your home or office. a 1978 J. Carpenter Halloween (film script) 20 You totally never showed up. 1981 Washington Post 8 Oct. b1/1 Scott Wallace is padded and pumped... Awesome, man, totally awesome. 1994 A. Heckerling Clueless (film script) Green Revised Pages 1, I live in Beverly Hills with my father, who's a totally prominent attorney. 2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 11 Jan. xiii. 3/1 Dude, I had to give her my seat. She totally reminded me of my mom! |