Hypertext Webster Gateway: "altogether"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Altogether \Al`to*geth"er\, adv. [OE. altogedere; al all +
togedere together. See {Together}.]
1. All together; conjointly. [Obs.]
Altogether they went at once. --Chaucer.
2. Without exception; wholly; completely.
Every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
--Ps. xxxix.
5.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
altogether
n : informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the
altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: {raw}, {birthday
suit}]
adv 1: to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; "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"; (`whole' is often used informally for
`wholly' as in "a whole new idea") [syn: {wholly}, {entirely},
{completely}, {totally}, {all}, {whole}] [ant: {partly}]
2: with everything included or counted; "altogether he earns
close to a million dollars" [syn: {all told}, {in all}]
3: with everything considered (and neglecting details);
"altogether, I'm sorry it happened"; "all in all, it's not
so bad" [syn: {all in all}, {on the whole}, {tout ensemble}]
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