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Meaning of altogether

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  altogether
      adv 1: to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent
             (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was
             wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal";
             "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was
             completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the
             directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her
             fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"
             [syn: {wholly}, {entirely}, {completely}, {totally},
             {all}, {altogether}, {whole}] [ant: {part}, {partially},
             {partly}]
      2: with everything included or counted; "altogether he earns
         close to a million dollars" [syn: {altogether}, {all told},
         {in all}]
      3: with everything considered (and neglecting details);
         "altogether, I'm sorry it happened"; "all in all, it's not so
         bad" [syn: {all in all}, {on the whole}, {altogether}, {tout
         ensemble}]
      n 1: informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the
           altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: {raw},
           {altogether}, {birthday suit}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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