No. 305 in Swedish

totalt

Completely; totally; entirely.

In a sentence

Jag är totalt förvirrad av situationen.
I am totally confused by the situation.
Here, 'totalt' is used as an adverb to intensify the adjective 'förvirrad' (confused), meaning 'completely'.
Festens resultat blev totalt kaos.
The outcome of the party was total chaos.
In this sentence, 'totalt' serves as an adverb modifying 'kaos' (chaos) to mean 'absolute' or 'complete'.
Totalt sett, är det en ganska enkel uppgift.
All things considered, it's a fairly simple task.
Here, 'totalt' is part of the phrase 'totalt sett,' meaning 'all in all' or 'overall', summarizing considerations.

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