altogether
wholly; entirely; completely; quite: altogether fitting.
with all or everything included: The debt amounted altogether to twenty dollars.
with everything considered; on the whole: Altogether, I'm glad it's over.
Idioms about altogether
in the altogether, Informal. nude (def. 1): When the phone rang she had just stepped out of the bathtub and was in the altogether.
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How to use altogether in a sentence
For parents everywhere, screen time has now taken on a different meaning altogether.
These methods will make screen time more enriching for your kids | By By Colleen Russo Johnson, PhD/Working Mother | September 24, 2020 | Popular-ScienceOn April 30, California suspended its polio vaccination program altogether, and by May 7 all polio vaccinations had been paused for a week by recommendation of the surgeon general.
Here’s What Happens When You Try to Scale Up Vaccine Production Too Quickly | Fiona Zublin | September 18, 2020 | OzySo we have between 100 and 200,000, and we altogether have done a very good job.
Timeline: The 124 times Trump has downplayed the coronavirus threat | Aaron Blake, JM Rieger | September 17, 2020 | Washington PostPerhaps the last company to do so was Castlight Health in 2014, which subsequently lost over 95% of its value, but most prior examples occurred during the Internet bubble in 1999 and 2000 and ended up disappearing altogether.
Coronavirus has denied brands the ability to plan, and forced some to pivot altogether and reinvent themselves.
Deep Dive: How the Summer of 2020 forced brand marketing to change for the better | jim cooper | September 14, 2020 | Digiday
Still other people have moved away from the word “diet” altogether.
Otherwise, we will be but celebrating an empty holiday, missing its true meaning altogether.
Some pro-life groups worry that they discourage women from staying pregnant altogether.
States Slap Pregnant Women With Harsher Jail Sentences | Emily Shire | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut if you ask leftists what Cuba is famous for they will usually say something altogether different: healthcare and education.
The list of banned items from the BBFC seems altogether ridiculous and excessive.
Why Has Female Ejaculation Been Banned in British Porn? | Emily Shire | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe possibilities of certain branches of teaching have been altogether revolutionized by the cinematograph.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsHe was one of the founders of Andover theological seminary, and contributed altogether about $125,000 to that institution.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThe pipe has a modern look and is altogether unlike those found by the English in use among the Indians in Virginia.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Broadly speaking, the new money will be altogether too good to meet this particular need.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsThey spoke like this because they are accustomed to abandon altogether those whom they have once judged incurable.
British Dictionary definitions for altogether
/ (ˌɔːltəˈɡɛðə, ˈɔːltəˌɡɛðə) /
with everything included: altogether he owed me sixty pounds
completely; utterly; totally: he was altogether mad
on the whole: altogether it was a very good party
in the altogether informal naked
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