ALTOGETHER


Meaning of ALTOGETHER in English

I. ˌȯl-tə-ˈge-thər adverb

Etymology: Middle English altogedere, from al all + togedere together

Date: 13th century

1. : wholly , completely

an altogether different problem

stopped raining altogether

2. : in all : all told

spent a hundred dollars altogether

3. : on the whole

altogether their efforts were successful

II. noun

Date: 1894

: nude — used with the

posed in the altogether

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.