altogether
/ɔːltəˈɡɛðə
/adverb
1Completely; totally: I stopped seeing her altogether [as submodifier]: I’m not altogether sure that I’d trust him...
- And then there's the question of adjusting for inflation which I am not altogether sure how to go about.
- Cllr Brian Stanley said that he was not altogether sure that all the blame lay on her shoulders.
- In fact, I am not altogether sure that there is much truth at all going around Camps Bay these days.
Synonyms
completely, totally, entirely, absolutely, wholly, fully, thoroughly, utterly, quite, one hundred per cent, downright, unqualifiedly, in all respects, unconditionally, perfectly, unrestrictedly, consummately, undisputedly, unmitigatedly, wholeheartedly;
{lock, stock, and barrel}, in toto;
at all, very, terribly
1.1Including everything or everyone; in total: he had married several times and had forty-six children altogether...
- We were ten altogether.
- How many people altogether work in the same organization?
- Altogether 100 papers were found using the reported search, of which four presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question.
Synonyms
in all, all told, in toto, taken together, in sum, counting them all
1.2 [sentence adverb] Taking everything into consideration; on the whole: altogether it was a great evening...
- He does the game completion stats for us as well, and altogether it can be quite time-consuming so he does a good job.
- Altogether it wasnt the most successful show for us.
- Altogether it's one of my absolute favorite movies of all time.
Synonyms
on the whole, overall, all in all, all things considered, taking everything into consideration/account, on balance, on average, for the most part, mostly, mainly, in the main, in general, generally, generally speaking, largely, by and large, to a large extent, to a great degree
Usage
Note that altogether and all together do not mean the same thing. Altogether means ‘in total’, as in there are six bedrooms altogether, whereas all together means ‘all in one place’ or ‘all at once’, as in it was good to have a group of friends all together; they came in all together.
Phrases
in the altogether
Origin
Old English (see all, together).