altogether

[US]/ˌɔːltəˈɡeðə(r)/
[UK]/ˌɔːltəˈɡeðər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. completely, entirely, in total; in summary

Example Sentences

altogether it was a great evening.

altogether it was an eerie happening.

He's not altogether sure what to do.

The visitors felt not altogether satisfied.

Altogether there were 18 people in the bus.

His action was not altogether disinterested.

The noise has altogether stopped.

I don't altogether agree with you.

There were altogether 20 people at the dinner.

Altogether, I'm sorry it happened.

Taken altogether, the attempt was a failure.

lost the TV picture altogether; an altogether new approach.

Altogether, our achievements are very great.

Taken altogether, this TV play was successful.

It was altogether owing it to himself that James won the prize.

She looked small and gentle and altogether charming.

Mrs. Cherry seems altogether weighed down by her work plus parenthood.

Wickedness does not go altogether unrequited.

the developed world has been celebrating African music while altogether denying its otherness.

Real-world Examples

Your promise was to extricate me from this situation altogether.

Source: Mad Men Season 5

Oh dear—I shall fade away altogether!

Source: Drama: Alice in Wonderland

It eliminates a need for a doctor altogether.

Source: CNN Selected August 2016 Collection

Your ideological views are really altogether illegitimate, if not to say quite idiotic.

Source: Hu Min reads stories to remember TOEFL vocabulary.

And rejecting the backstop altogether means no deal.

Source: May's Speech Compilation

She could have avoided the cameras altogether?

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

Cutting the credits altogether might also harm Georgia in other ways.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

These issues do not mean we need to drop swaddling altogether.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Compilation December 2013

I get rid of the debt ceiling altogether.

Source: CNN 10 Student English January 2023 Compilation

But the cathedral has not rejected modernity altogether.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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