altogether
[ awl-tuh-geth-er, awl-tuh-geth-er ]
/ ˌɔl təˈgɛð ər, ˈɔl təˌgɛð ər /
adverb
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.
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RELATED WORDS
generally, absolutely, thoroughly, wholly, utterly, fully, perfectly, totally, quite, all, well, bodily, collectively
Nearby words
alto clef, alto flute, alto-, alto-relievo, altocumulus, altogether, altoist, alton, alton towers, altona, altoona
Idioms
in the altogether, Informal. nude: When the phone rang she had just stepped out of the bathtub and was in the altogether.
SYNONYMS FOR altogether
Usage note
The forms altogether and all together, though often indistinguishable in speech, are distinct in meaning. The adverb altogether means “wholly, entirely, completely”: an altogether confused scene. The phrase all together means “in a group”: The children were all together in the kitchen. This all can be omitted without seriously affecting the meaning: The children were together in the kitchen.
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British Dictionary definitions for altogether
altogether
/ (ˌɔːltəˈɡɛðə, ˈɔːltəˌɡɛðə) /
adverb
with everything includedaltogether he owed me sixty pounds
completely; utterly; totallyhe was altogether mad
on the wholealtogether it was a very good party
noun
in the altogether informal naked
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Word Origin and History for altogether
altogether
early 13c., altogedere, a strengthened form of all (also see together); used in the sense of "a whole" from 1660s. The altogether "nude" is from 1894.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper