TOTALLY Synonyms: 122 Similar and Opposite Words

totally

adverb

ˈtō-tᵊl-ē

Definition of totally

as in completely

to a full extent or degree I am totally upset you can't make it to the celebration

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as in systematically

with attention to all aspects or details he made totally sure the door was locked when he left the house

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Recent Examples of totally Classes were totally or partially suspended Tuesday at 891 schools, according to the Education Ministry. — Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 This whole bit is totally misplayed (though the gown is spectacular). — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026 The style is totally customizable too, with a foldable neck and adjustable waist stoppers. — Essence Wiley, InStyle, 4 Oct. 2026 But often, that key adult was someone totally outside the foster care system. — Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for totally

Recent Examples of Synonyms for totally

Adverb

The third, Surrender, is a massage performed in water, in which the buoyancy and warmth allow the body to completely relax and let go.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2026
What’s different about this style is that its uppers are completely decorated with small, shimmering crystal details in a silvery, light-catching finish.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of completely

Adverb

Palestinians have been systematically dehumanized, along with the broader Arab and Muslim world, to serve the foreign policy objectives of governments without questioning the moral and legal implications.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
The Premier League announced Tuesday that its most successful club over the past 15 seasons, and current standings leader, systematically broke financial monitoring rules for years.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of systematically

Adverb

There is a lot of debate around in-person, hybrid and fully remote work.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Omelchenko appreciates the study authors’ ability to translate math to real life but notes that fully evaluating the possibilities of new stitches by using torus diagrams would be impractically expensive to compute.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of fully

Adverb

Throughout, the thoroughly modern bathrooms have anti-fog mirrors and fluffy robes.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
My sympathies are entirely with Prince William, who's a thoroughly honorable, decent young man who's just had it with his brother and wants nothing to do with him.

— Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of thoroughly

Adverb

Charles — my heart hurts for Charles, dead on his farm, wealthy at the time of his passing, and with utterly no one to share it with except a brother who for ten years never wrote him a letter.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Yet these anachronisms seem to make perfect sense, making these 500-year-old poems read like swift, contemporary lyrics, timeless yet utterly urgent.

— Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of utterly

Adverb

The more casual El Mercado has a traditional adobe oven from which meats and vegetables come out perfectly cooked.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The impact of Pickens' only two receptions in the 34-30 victory illustrates perfectly what coach Brian Schottenheimer believes about the Dallas offense.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of perfectly

Adverb

There’s no winking at the audience, no sense of camp or parody, just a lot of appealing interactions, plus some wholly superfluous tertiary plots added to expand the story to series length.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Buck and Aikman made the leap from Fox in 2022, and while Bristol was nimble in hashing out a new deal with the lead mic, the color analyst’s contract is (obviously) a wholly separate issue.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 Oct. 2026