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")

with everything considered ( and neglecting details); " altogether, I'm sorry it happened"; " all in all, it's not so bad"

with everything included or counted; " altogether he earns close to a million dollars"

informal terms for nakedness; " in the raw"; " in the altogether"; " in his birthday suit"

All together; conjointly.

Without exception; wholly; completely.

Wholly; completely.

Wholly; completely; entirely; without exception.

All together: wholly: completely: without exception.

Completely; without exception.

Wholly; entirely.

Completely; wholly; permanently.

Then he tried to stop thinking about her altogether. – Operation Terror by William Fitzgerald Jenkins

After I was once on the high road it was not long before I found myself in another part of the town altogether. – Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches by Sarah Orne Jewett

" That I judge to be altogether impossible," the priest replied. – The Bravest of the Brave or, with Peterborough in Spain by G. A. Henty

That was not altogether Lawrence's fault. – Carmen's Messenger by Harold Bindloss

That thought passed from him altogether. – The Turnstile by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

But he thought she was not altogether pleased. – Carmen's Messenger by Harold Bindloss

Now he lost it altogether. – Cy Whittaker's Place by Joseph C. Lincoln

" But it isn't as though I were going away altogether- you'll see me back in a week or two. – Fortitude by Hugh Walpole

Altogether, ten or fifteen wounded have been brought back from Lokeren this morning. – A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by May Sinclair

Oh, well, said Mrs. Halliday, I suppose I did mean this, but perhaps not altogether in the way you think. – Partners of the Out-Trail by Harold Bindloss

That was not altogether impossible. – The Emperor of Portugallia by Selma Lagerlof

Oh, mother, it was not altogether the words! – The Measure of a Man by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

On hearing this, he changed his note altogether, saying that he saw he had been wrong. – Queen Sheba's Ring by H. Rider Haggard

That made about a hundred years altogether. – Wild Life in a Southern County by Richard Jefferies

" That," said Wannop, dryly, " isn't altogether unusual." – The Gold Trail by Harold Bindloss

Do you want to make the Eagle's Nest a great success- much the nicest thing we have ever done, or do you want to give it up altogether? – The Eagle's Nest by S. E. Cartwright

I think the best thing I can do is to get out altogether. – Black Oxen by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

Now it was altogether out of sight. – Black-Eyed Susan by Ethel Calvert Phillips

Well, they are not altogether the same thing. – Plays: The Father; Countess Julie; The Outlaw; The Stronger by August Strindberg

" They're altogether too happy," said Mr. Brown. – Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour by Laura Lee Hope