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altogether
[awl-tuh-geth-er, awl-tuh-geth-er]
adverb
wholly; entirely; completely; quite.
altogether fitting.
Synonyms: , ,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.
altogether
/ ˌɔːltəˈɡɛðə, ˈɔːltəˌɡɛðə /
adverb
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
noun
informalnaked
Confusables Note
Word History and Origins
Origin of altogether1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
She said she feared that, if prices rose at the same rate in future, she would have to turn the heating off altogether, adding: "Then you get damp, so that's not the answer."
Some brand owners who employ immigrants who are undocumented, or who have papers but still fear federal agents, have sent workers home altogether and halted operations.
Preferably it would like to halt it altogether.
It has become such a pervasive issue that in April the children's commission for England called on the government to introduce legislation to ban them altogether.
But the beat has become so ingrained in their lives that they’ll never forsake it altogether.
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