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altogether definition

al·to·gether (ôl′to̵̅o̅ get̸h′ər, ôl′to̵̅o̅ get̸h′ər; -tə-)

adverb

  1. wholly; completely not altogether wrong
  2. in all; all being counted he wrote six books altogether
  3. everything being considered; on the whole altogether a great success

Etymology: ME altogedere: see all & together

altogether Idioms

in the altogether

Informal nude

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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