adverb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Emphasizes totality or absoluteness; often used with negative expressions or to express strong affirmation.
I can't believe his story at all.
Even a complete beginner will be fine.
adverb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Used to express strong agreement or confirmation, often in response to a statement.
"It's really hot today." "Indeed it is."
good grief; for goodness' sake
Interjection expressing exasperation or annoyance; often used alone or in phrases like 全くもう.
See also: まったくもう
Good grief, late again.
For goodness' sake, how many times do I have to tell you?
I don't understand what he's saying at all.
I think that's exactly right.
Honestly, it's a problem that he's always late.
まったく is a neutral general intensifier meaning 'completely', while ほとほと specifically conveys exasperation or being at the end of one's patience.
まったく is a broad intensifier for 'completely' or 'not at all', while まるで leans toward vivid comparisons (as if/just like) as well as total negation.
全く is a common, neutral way to say 'completely' or 'entirely', while 万々 is a rarer, more emphatic and literary word used for the same intensifying sense.
全く with a negative verb means 'not at all' in a neutral, everyday way, whereas 夢にも specifically stresses that the speaker never even imagined such a thing.
まったく can appear in both positive and negative sentences, whereas 皆目 is restricted to negative contexts and sounds more emphatic about a total lack.
まったく expresses 'entirely, completely' in modern speech, corresponding to the completeness nuance of いと in sense 2.
全く means 'utterly/completely' and can modify almost anything, whereas ただただ specifically emphasizes that something is only and entirely one thing, often with emotional nuance like regret or gratitude.
全く is the modern standard word for 'entirely, completely'; 真っ当 in this adverbial sense is archaic and now rarely used.
まったく is a very common general-purpose emphatic adverb for 'completely' or 'not at all', whereas 一向 is mostly locked into the fixed phrase 一向に and feels more bookish.
まったく is a neutral, widely used way to say 'completely (not)', whereas てんで sounds more blunt and casual.
全く～ない is a slightly more formal or literary way to say 'not at all', close in strength to 少しも～ない.
全く is a more formal and versatile word for 'completely', while 丸っきり is distinctly colloquial and leans toward negative statements.
全く with a negative means 'not at all', a stronger denial than まんざら, which leaves room for partial truth.
まったく with a negative means 'not at all' in everyday speech, while 一切 is more formal and used for stronger, more categorical denials.
まったく〜ない is a common way to say 'not at all', but 到底〜ない adds a stronger sense that the thing is fundamentally out of reach, not just absent.
まったく is a stronger, more common way to emphasize total negation, matching およそ...ない in the 'not at all' sense.