altogether

Meanings

Plural: altogethers

Noun

• informal terms for nakedness
  • "in the altogether"
• A state of nakedness. (Especially in the phrase in the altogether)

Adverb

• to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
  • "it was not altogether her fault"
  • "an altogether new approach"
• with everything included or counted
  • "altogether he earns close to a million dollars"
• with everything considered (and neglecting details)
  • "altogether, I'm sorry it happened"

Adv

• Completely, wholly, or without exception.
• On the whole; with everything considered.
• With everything included.
• An intensifier: without doubt, clearly.

Synonyms

absolutely, all, all in all, all the way, all things considered, all told, all-out, altogether, and barrel, and sinker, as a rule, at large, at length, basically, birthday suit, by and large, cap-a-pie, categorically, chiefly, completely, detailly, downright, entirely, exhaustively, feckly, finally, first and last, flat out, flat-out, for the most part, from A to Z, from aardvark to zymurgy, from head to toe, from soup to nuts, from stem to stern, from the rooter to the tooter, from top to bottom, from top to toe, fully, generally, head to foot, head to tail, head to toe, heartily, hook, in all, in detail, in full, in the main, largely, line, lock, mainly, mostly, on the whole, one hundred percent, out and out, out-and-out, outright, overall, particularly, perfectly, plumb, predominantly, pretty well, primarily, principally, purely, quite, raw, right, root and branch, soundly, soup-to-nuts, stock, through and through, to the bone, to the core, to the full, top to tail, top to toe, totally, totes, tout ensemble, utterly, well and truly, whole, whole cloth, wholly

Antonyms

partly

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