altogetheradverb
uk/ˌɔːl.təˈɡeð.ər/us/ˌɑːl.təˈɡeð.ɚ/B1 in total:
That'll be $52.50 altogether, please.
B2 completely:
The government ought to abolish the tax altogether.
She wrote less and less often, and eventually she stopped altogether.
It's all right working with him, but living with him would be a different matter altogether.
I'm not altogether sure I want that (= I have doubts about it).
I think Graham will agree, but convincing Mary will be altogether more (= much more) difficult.
B2 considering everything:
He's bad-tempered, selfish, and altogether an unpleasant man.
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- The best option would be to cancel the trip altogether.
- The new systems cut humans out of the picture altogether.
- The first casualty of the reorganization will be the bus service, which will be stopped altogether.
- Talking about the world's problems is one thing, but solving them is another matter altogether.
- Cars are useful, but their impact on the environment is another matter altogether.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Complete and whole
- A, a
- a/one hundred percent idiom
- absolutely
- all or nothing idiom
- all-in-one
- all-inclusive
- completely
- flat
- full-length
- fully
- fully fledged
- heart and soul idiom
- hilt
- root
- totally
- unadulterated
- unconditional
- uncut
- undivided
- unequivocal
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altogethernoun [ S ]
uk/ˌɔːl.təˈɡeð.ər/us/ˌɑːl.təˈɡeð.ɚ/be in the altogether old-fashioned
to be naked
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not wearing or removing clothes
- bare
- barefoot
- bareheaded
- birthday
- buck naked
- buff
- commando
- fling
- in the buff idiom
- in the raw idiom
- in your birthday suit idiom
- in your stocking(ed) feet idiom
- kit
- shuck
- shuck sth off
- slip
- slip out of sth
- starkers
- streak
- streaker
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