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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)