altogether

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   Completely; entirely.

   The police did not seem altogether satisfied with my story.

2. 2
   adv

   Counting everything; in total.

   Altogether, your bill comes to $6.99.

3. 3
   adv

   When everything is considered; on the whole.

   Altogether, I'm sorry it happened.

From Middle English altogeder, altogedere, equivalent to al- (“all”) + together. Cognate with Scots awthegither (“altogether”), Middle High German alzegater (“altogether”), Dutch altegaar. Compare also Old English ealġeador, eallġeador (“altogether”), West Frisian allegearre (“altogether”). More at together. The noun sense (nakedness): was popularized in George du Maurier's 1894 novel Trilby.

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