From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Altogether \Al`to*geth"er\, adv. [OE. altogedere; al all +
togedere together. See Together.]
1. All together; conjointly. [Obs.]
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Altogether they went at once. --Chaucer.
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2. Without exception; wholly; completely.
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Every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
--Ps. xxxix.
5.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
altogether \altogether\ n.
1. nakedness; -- used mostly in the phrase "in the
altogether". [informal]
Syn: raw, buff, birthday suit
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
altogether
adv 1: to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent
(`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "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"; "a whole new idea"
[syn: wholly, entirely, completely, totally,
all, altogether, whole] [ant: part, partially,
partly]
2: with everything included or counted; "altogether he earns
close to a million dollars" [syn: altogether, 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, altogether, {tout
ensemble}]
n 1: informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the
altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: raw,
altogether, birthday suit]