altogether
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
altogether/ɔːltəˈɡeðə(r)/
▶adverb completely.
■ in total.
■ on the whole.
– phrases
in the altogether informal naked.
in the altogether informal naked.
usage: 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 they came in all together.
'altogether' also found in these Oxford entries:
alright
- because
- better
- com-
- commotion
- commute
- condign
- confute
- consume
- consummate
- contain
- convalesce
- corrupt
- cryptobiosis
- kettle
- outright
- vanishing point
