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altogetheradj.n.adv. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: all adj., all pron. and n., all adv., together adv. Etymology: As adjective < all adj. + together adv. As noun < all pron. and n. + together adv. As adverb < all adv. + together adv.Word division in Old English and Middle English examples frequently reflects editorial choices of modern editors of texts, rather than the practice of the manuscripts. In use as adjective in Old English and early Middle English the first element is treated as a normal adjective inflected for case and number. In Old English and early Middle English uses of all adj. are sometimes difficult to distinguish from all adv. (see discussion at all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj.); compare quot. OE at sense C. 4. A. adj.the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [adjective] OE Ælfric (Royal) (1997) xx. 341 Eallswa gif þu sumne clað sceawast, ne miht þu hine ealne togædere geseon, ac wentst abuton þæt ðu ealne hine geseo. OE Recipe (Wellcome 75.46) in (1890) 84 326 Nime þonne clænne lengtenbere.., nime seþþan mæderan.., wylle hit eal togædere, na to hearde. ?a1200 (?OE) (1896) 7 Beȝyte man hym rudan..and eorðjui..and laurtreowes leaf em mycel oððer þæra beriȝa nigon and seoþ hit eall togadere on wætera. c1429 (1986) l. 286 His grete ost this thing prefigured hee Wham God ones al togidere drowned in the rede see. 1535 Ezek. xxxiv. 13 Proude wordes agaynst me, which I haue herde altogether. 1560 tr. sig. K2v Gather it altogether by equall weyghtes and let them be mixed. 1611 Exod. xix. 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke. View more context for this quotation 1611 Ps. cxxxix. 4 There is not a worde in my tongue: but lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether . View more context for this quotation 1663 B. Gerbier 102 Solidity, Conveniency, and Ornament, altogether to be observed in true Building. 1757 A. R. 164 Take it altogether indeed it is a most magnificent place. the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [adjective] > considered collectively eOE tr. Orosius (BL Add.) (1980) i. x. 29 Hi þa þa wif ealle togædere gecirdon, & on ðæt folc winnende wæron. lOE (Laud) anno 1095 Swa þet seo fyrde eall togædere com to ealra halgena to Snawdune. lOE (Rochester) vi. x. 181 Þa witan ealle sealdan heora wedd ealle togædere þam arcebiscope æt Þunresfelda. c1275 (?c1250) (Calig.) (1935) l. 807 (MED) Do þine craftes alle to gadere. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 264 Bot alle þei were forholn, & failed þam alle togider. a1425 (?c1350) (1964) l. 2955 ‘Cumes forth,’ he said, ‘ȝe al togeder.’ c1475 (a1400) Sir Amadace (Taylor) in J. Robson (1842) 45 (MED) Go we to his comyng alle to-gethir. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. i. 246 Then altogether They fell vpon me. View more context for this quotation 1787 Dec. 1073/2 On the Coryphæus it depended..that the chorus altogether should symphonize. 1820 S. Urban 90 458 They went altogether to the stable in Cato-street. 1861 A. Trollope (1862) I. xxix. 225 In that field the dogs were now running, altogether, so that a sheet might have covered them. 1880 G. Grove II. 574/2 The pipes of the early organs are said to have sounded at first altogether. 1930 E. Raymond i. iii. 45 A medical officer..and the whole of his Sick Parade ran altogether. 1965 M. C. Seymour Ælfric's Life of King Edmund in 33 They went altogether to the wood. the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [adjective] ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius (BL Add. 10340) (1868) v. pr. vi. l. 4986 Eternite þan is perfit possessioun and al togidre [L. tota simul et perfecta possessio] of lijf interminable. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [adjective] 1896 25 Jan. 45/2 O, Röntgen..We only crave to contemplate Each other's usual full-dress photo; Your worse than ‘altogether’ state Of portraiture [i.e. an x-ray] we bar in toto! B. n.the world > relative properties > wholeness > [noun] > a complex whole > an organized or collective whole eOE (Royal) (1865) i. xxxii. 78 Elene, þung, ompre.., wel on buteran eal togædere. ?a1160 (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1137 Ne forbaren hi nouther circe ne cyrceiærd, oc namen al þe god ðat þarinne was & brenden sythen þe cyrce & al tegædere. ?a1200 (?OE) (1896) 9 Eft nim ellenes piþan and ecede and wull eall togadere. 1381 Diuersa Servicia in C. B. Hieatt & S. Butler (1985) 74 Nym vineger & þe þredde perty of sugur & myncyd onyons smal, & boyle al togedere, and cast þereyn clowys. 1445 in H. E. Salter (1933) 44 (MED) Twenty pownd of wex and therin viii li. of new wex, for alltogedyr vs. iiii d. 1526 1 Cor. vii. 19 Circumcision is nothynge..but the keppynge of the commaundmentes of god is altogether. 1667 E. Waterhouse 141 Her [sc. London's] Congregations, Her Citizens, Her altogether has been as orderly & pious as the proportions of them in other places. 1789 J. Byng Diary 30 June in (1935) II. 116 I was very melancholy..for the loss of my book; T.B.'s ride; the bad weather; and the altogether. 1825 J. Banim & M. Banim 1st Ser. I. 90 The altogether of his appearance and figure. 1901 A. Dobson i. 13 She produced an ‘altogether’ of verve, piquancy, and vivacity. 1655 E. Waterhouse 153 Their Tabernacles of ill-mixed altogethers dissolve and become vain. 1700 W. Baron 4 Tho' their assigned Author provided the Ingredients, yet they compos'd the dish, from a confus'd heap of Alltogethers. the world > relative properties > wholeness > [noun] > wholeness or unity of being 1674 N. Fairfax 33 We only call..Gods All-fillingness an altogether, to loosen it from any thing of sundership. 1865 26 June 9 American fingers..impart a finish and an altogether..which John Bull's big, thumby fingers can in no wise attain unto. 1898 Aug. 257 We are accustomed to see hares and rabbits come to table with their heads on; but have you ever seen a duck come to table in the ‘altogether’? the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [adverb] 1894 G. Du Maurier I. i. 25 ‘I'm posing for Durien the sculptor, on the next floor. I pose to him for the altogether.’ ‘The altogether?’ asked Little Billee. ‘Yes—l'ensemble, you know—heads, hands, and feet—everything—especially feet.’] 1894 59 311/1 The dislike..of Trilby's posing for the ‘altogether’, doesn't jibe with the author's authoritative declaration that to all artists..‘nothing is so chaste as nudity’. 1895 May 17/2 The Trilby fad is visibly on the wane... Mr. W. M. Butterfield, the artist,..gives us a real Trilby, but a Trilby of some forty years of age..who poses no more in the altogether. 1896 W.S. Gilbert ii. 37 They wore little underclothing—scarcely anything—or no-thing... Well, in fact, in summer weather, something like the ‘altogether’. 1908 16 Apr. 5/7 Mme. Sarah Bernhardt frankly says she sees nothing wrong in the ‘altogether’. 1947 N. Balchin 52 Should I get a kick out of just seeing a girl in the altogether? 1951 F. Loesser (song) 10 The King is in the altogether, but altogether the altogether He's altogether as naked as the day that he was born. 1989 M. Wiggins (1990) ii. 45 Grandfather ran at them in his altogether and began to shout his native Portuguese topspeed. 2006 Spring 83 Matt has a good way of getting his revenge on anyone who laughs when he's in the altogether. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > clothing for body and limbs 1913 A. W. Sears iv. 52 Orange-Blossom might take off his Jaeger ‘altogethers’ without believing himself to be rushing into certain death. 1927 24 July 13/2 Sokolova impersonated Death in scarlet altogethers. C. adv. 1. the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [adverb] > in every respect lOE (Corpus Cambr. 303) (1980) 128 He..gehælde þær ænne crepel se wæs fram feala geare eal togædere gecrocad. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) 9581 Issraæleþeod..wass All wesste & all forrworrpenn Neh all to geddre att drihhtin godd. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris (1873) 2nd Ser. 19 (MED) Here fifealde mihte was altegeder attred. c1225 (?OE) (Worcester) (Fragm. F) l. 14 Ac ne þe[arf ic] nefre resten þurh þine bireousunge, ac altogædere ic am forlor[en þurh] þine luþere deden. c1390 King of Tars (Vernon) l. 595 in (1889) 11 48 Whon he hedde al to gedere ipreyd And al, þat euere he couþe, iseyd. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius (BL Add. 10340) (1868) ii. pr. iv. l. 1067 It comeþ al to gidre to a wyȝt, or ellys it lasteþ not perpetuely. a1500 (a1450) (Trin. Cambr.) l. 6004 His owne Array is all togeder white. 1534 T. More Treat. Passion in (1557) 1373/1 Were he as bad as Judas altogiter. 1611 John ix. 34 Thou wast altogether born in sins. View more context for this quotation 1693 (Royal Soc.) 17 852 The muscles..which especially serve for the Articulation of the Voice, be in Apes altogether like to those of a Man. 1712 J. Addison No. 441. ¶9 Scenes and Objects, and Companions that are altogether new. 1772 J. Priestley I. 33 The idea of chance is altogether excluded. 1857 H. T. Buckle I. ii. 125 In Greece, we see a country altogether the reverse of India. 1881 A. Trollope III. lvi. 163 That kept me from being altogether wretched. 1920 P. J. Fryer xxiii. 374 The Gooseberry Red Spider is another kind altogether. 1991 N. Rush iv. 230 I liked being able to skip work altogether if I felt meditative. 1876 J. H. Grover That Rascal Pat in 3 32/2 I begs your pardon, sur. It's an optical delusion altogether. 1925 S. O'Casey i. 12 It's nothing when you're used to it; you're too thin-skinned altogether. 1958 F. O'Connor Let. 27 July in (1980) 292 He [sc. Faulkner] makes me feel that..I should quit writing and raise chickens altogether. 2001 J. Boyle 90 Is that a new shurt ye're wearin'? says Mick. It is, begod, says Pat. It is indeed. 'Tis a grand shurt altogether. the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] 1566 J. Rastell f. 125v It was neither Demaunded of them what Intention they had in Consecrating, Neither Aunswered they any thing to any such effect... So that altogether it is a very flat lye, that M. Iewel here maketh vpon that Councel. 1661 R. L'Estrange 143 In good truth, altogether, it is a very pretty Anagram of Sedition. 1741 J. Campbell iii. iii. 311 Altogether they are of very little Consequence in respect either to their Extent or their Product. a1817 J. Austen (1818) IV. xi. 256 Though we could have wished it different, yet altogether we did not think it fair to stand out any longer. View more context for this quotation 1882 5 83 Altogether, the story is too fishy. 1927 W. E. Collinson 43 Altogether I cannot think of any modern writer who has exercised so far-reaching an influence on our every-day speech. 1952 H. Macmillan 8–10 Apr. (2003) 157 Altogether, we are not at a good point in our fortunes. 1997 A. Sivanandan ii. i. 120 He was altogether a gentle and generous man. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adverb] > without deviation 1649 No. 142. 1267 One browne Mare with a starre in her forehead, three white feet, splinters on both legges, trots altogether. 1674 No. 882/4 A light gray Mare about fourteen hands high, five years old, trots altogether. 1700 (single sheet) 10 June A dark Iron-grey Horse..Paces altogether. 1738 20 July He took a large white Stallion that trots altogether. 1783 in (1900) 27 A Black Horse, about 14 years old, 14 Hands high, paces Altogether. 1888 May 184/2 Dodd Peet trots altogether in the paddock, and his trotting action is bold and good. the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [adverb] > in all or altogether OE Ælfric (Julius) (1881) I. 168 Ða þa he twelf wintra wæs he wæs betæht Benedicte, and he wunode mid him twentig wintra siððan, and on his agenum mynstre em feowertig geara; þæt synd eall togedere twa and hundseofontig geare.] 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto l. 198 Treasure containing an hundred and thirty thousand Bisses, and every Biss in value five hundred Duckets, made up all together the sum of threescore Millions of Gold. 1669 W. Aglionby 159 Many..put in different summes, which all together made up six hundred thousand pound. 1732 (ed. 2) II. xi. 265 To pay the Charge of Suit.., and other Damages also, to no less a Sum altogether, than between thirty or forty pounds. 1797 H. Cox 8 Feb. (1821) 93 We were in the palace tent altogether about an hour and a half. 1811 J. Austen I. ii. 24 Altogether, they will have five hundred a year amongst them. View more context for this quotation 1871 S. T. Hall iii. xii. 158 Debt amounting altogether to not much more, perhaps, than twenty pounds. 1962 I. Asimov (ed. 2) i. 22 An average protein molecule would contain about 500 amino-acids, altogether, but we can start with a much smaller number. 1991 R. Ashton ii. 25 Altogether Lewes spent almost a year away, living most of the time in Berlin. 2004 S. Mehta 281 ‘How much money have you spent in the bars altogether?’ I ask him. ‘Let me not count, but huge money.’ Phrasesthe world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [adverb] 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus f. 275v Once for altogether. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus I. Luke xxiv. 44 Did he not once for altogether..take awaie all autoritie from the priestes? 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch 403 This ouerthrow made his enemies despise him vtterly, who perswaded them selues he was fled for altogether. 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer xxvi. 121 Most of them then were baptized very late..some deferred it for altogether. a1732 T. Boston (1737) 121 An tho' Unbelievers may soon be outwearied, and give it over for altogether, sure Believers will not do so. 1884 Dec. 176 I determined to put the question of their reality to the proof of observation at once, and for altogether. 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