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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Altogether \Al`to*geth"er\, adv [OE. altogedere al all + togedere together. See {Together}.] 1. All together; conjointly. [Obs.] Altogether they went at once. --Chaucer. 2. Without exception; wholly; completely. Every man at his best state is altogether vanity. --Ps. xxxix 5. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: altogether n : informal; "in the raw" or "in his birthday suit" [syn: {raw}, {buff}, {birthday suit}] adv 1: to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; "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"; (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly' as in "a whole new idea") [syn: {wholly}, {entirely}, {completely}, {totally}, {all}, {whole}] [ant: {partly}] 2: with everything included or counted; "altogether he earns close to a million dollars" [syn: {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}, {tout ensemble}]
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