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| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : tee-toht-l, tee-toht-l |
| Phonetic Transcription : tiˈtoʊt l, ˈtiˌtoʊt l |
Definition of teetotally
Origin :- "pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink," 1834, possibly formed from total (adj.) with a reduplication of the initial T- for emphasis (T-totally "totally," though not in an abstinence sense, is recorded in Kentucky dialect from 1832 and is possibly older in Irish-English).
- The use in temperance jargon was first noted September 1833 in a speech advocating total abstinence (from beer as well as wine and liquor) by Richard "Dicky" Turner, a working-man from Preston, England. Also said to have been introduced in 1827 in a New York temperance society which recorded a T after the signature of those who had pledged total abstinence, but contemporary evidence for this is wanting, and Webster (1847) calls teetotaler "a cant word formed in England."
- As in soberly : adv abstinently
- "Well, I'll be teetotally jiggswiggered," he said, astounded.
- Extract from : « Skippy Bedelle » by Owen Johnson
- But my intentions and them appearances is teetotally different.
- Extract from : « Aunt Jimmy's Will » by Mabel Osgood Wright
- You're always growlin', an' I'm gettin' teetotally tired of listenin' to it.
- Extract from : « No Moss » by Harry Castlemon
- If he was talking about a real gold mine, that is teetotally unreasonable.
- Extract from : « The Sheriff's Son » by William MacLeod Raine
- It had completely, teetotally, mysteriously and extraordinarily disappeared.
- Extract from : « Bully and Bawly No-Tail » by Howard R. Garis
- He ain't stay down long, n'er, 'fo' he come up en he make lak he teetotally out er win'.
- Extract from : « Nights With Uncle Remus » by Joel Chandler Harris
- Teetotally blawst that hold hass of a driver, and them two soft-'eaded Tomfools of hamateur scientists ridin' beside 'im.
- Extract from : « Two Knapsacks » by John Campbell
- He's our own blood an' bone, but sometimes I feels like I was talkin' ter a person from a teetotally diff'rent world.
- Extract from : « When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry » by Charles Neville Buck
- To my knowledge, the only time he ever broke out was when we teetotally missed the Castleton divorce story.
- Extract from : « The Escape of Mr. Trimm » by Irvin S. Cobb
- He aint stay down long, n'er, 'fo' he come up en he make lak he teetotally out er win'.
- Extract from : « Nights With Uncle Remus » by Joel Chandler Harris
Synonyms for teetotally
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