altogether
Noun · AdverbUS[awl-tuh-geth-er]/ˌɔltəˈɡɛðɚ/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adverb (3)
- to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely“he was wholly convinced”“entirely satisfied with the meal”“it was completely different from what we expected”“was completely at fault”“a totally new situation”“the directions were all wrong”“it was not altogether her fault”“an altogether new approach”“a whole new idea”“she felt right at home”“he fell right into the trap”Synonyms: whollyentirelycompletelytotallyallwholerightFrom total
- with everything included or counted“altogether he earns close to a million dollars”Synonyms: all toldin all
- with everything considered (and neglecting details)“altogether, I'm sorry it happened”“all in all, it's not so bad”Synonyms: all in allon the wholetout ensemble
Noun (1)
- informal terms for nakedness“in the raw”“in the altogether”“in his birthday suit”Synonyms: rawbirthday suitType of nakedness, nudity
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Translations
Adverb without exception
- French
- complètement
- German
- gänzlich
- Turkish
- tamamen
- Russian
- совсе́м sovsém
- Polish
- całkowicie
- Hungarian
- egészen
- Catalan
- totalment
- Esperanto
- tute
- Scottish Gaelic
- air fad
Adverb on the whole
- German
- insgesamt
- Portuguese
- de modo geral
- Russian
- в це́лом v célom
- Japanese
- 全体として zentai to shite
- Polish
- summa summarum
- Portuguese (PT)
- ao todo
- Finnish
- kaikkiaan
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Al′to·geth′er (#), adverb
Origin: OE. altogedere; al all + togedere together. See Together.
1. All together; conjointly. obsolete
Altogether they went at once.— Geoffrey Chaucer
2. Without exception; wholly; completely.
Every man at his best state is altogether vanity.— Ps. xxxix. 5.
altogether noun
1. nakedness; — used mostly in the phrase “in the altogether”. informal Syn. — raw, buff, birthday suit
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5