Definition
total: complete, entire, whole
totally: entirely, completely, absolutely, fully
to total (500 dollars): to amount to, to equal, to add up to (500 dollars)
My purchases on e-Day totaled 50 Euros.
- "You're totally like a Karaoke superstar."
- "Philip : Harold, you totally got the future wrong."
- "Susie : "Teletubby" is a trademark, and "totally tubular tonic", well I'm not going to dignify that with a response except for "no"."
- "Dr. Loblaw : Mr. Jones, in my professional opinion, Mr. Gidyeon is totally freaking nuts."
- "Your dog is totally nuts."
- "Employee : No, "totally tubular tonic"!"
- "That would be totally uncool, man."
- "It smells totally groovy, man."
- "Bruno Delavigne - Environmentally-conscious or total fraud?"
- "Bruno : Betty had taken me to a restaurant where dishes were served in total darkness, where diners abandoned their vision and used only their other senses to experience the food they were eating."
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