ALTOGETHER

wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole, right

(adverb) 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”; “she felt right at home”; “he fell right into the trap”

altogether, all told, in all

(adverb) with everything included or counted; “altogether he earns close to a million dollars”

raw, altogether, birthday suit

(noun) informal terms for nakedness; “in the raw”; “in the altogether”; “in his birthday suit”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

altogether (not comparable)

Without exception; wholly; completely.

Synonyms: completely, wholly, Thesaurus:completely

On the whole; with everything considered.

Synonyms: all in all, Thesaurus:mostly

Usage notes

“Altogether” and “all together” do not mean the same thing. The one-word term is used to mean “wholly, completely, in total”, whereas the two-word term is used to mean "as a group, in the same place”, etc.

Source: Wiktionary

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Al`to*geth"er, adv. Etym: [OE. altogedere; al all + togedere together. See Together.]

1. All together; conjointly. [Obs.] Altogether they wenChaucer.

2. Without exception; wholly; completely. Every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Ps. xxxix. 5.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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