totally
/ˈtoʊ.tə.li/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Example Sentences
- "They've totally demolished the bank on Main Street."
- "Antonio. He misses not much. Sebastian. No; he doth but mistake the truth totally."
- "The languages of different nations did not totally differ […] They were therefore easily learned;"
- "Your conjecture is totally wrong, I assure you."
- "I trust him totally and without reservation."
- "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."
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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtoʊ.tə.li/
- British English: /ˈtəʊ.tə.li/