in altogether
təˈgɛð adverb
Idioms 1.
wholly; entirely; completely; quite: altogether fitting.
2.
with all or everything included: The debt amounted altogether to twenty dollars.
3.
with everything considered; on the whole: Altogether, I'm glad it's over.
4.
in the altogether, Informal. nude: When the phone rang she had just stepped out of the bathtub and was in the altogether.
Synonyms
1. utterly, totally, absolutely.
1. utterly, totally, absolutely.
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.
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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| —adv | |
| 1. | with everything included: altogether he owed me sixty pounds |
| 2. | completely; utterly; totally: he was altogether mad |
| 3. | on the whole: altogether it was a very good party |
| —n | |
| 4. | informal in the altogether naked |
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