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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Altogether \Al`to*geth"er\, adv. [OE. altogedere; al all +
     togedere together. See {Together}.]
     1. All together; conjointly. [Obs.]
  
              Altogether they went at once.         --Chaucer.
  
     2. Without exception; wholly; completely.
  
              Every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
                                                    --Ps. xxxix.
                                                    5.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  altogether
       n : informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the
           altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: {raw}, {birthday
           suit}]
       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}, {whole}] [ant: {partially}]
       2: with everything included or counted; "altogether he earns
          close to a million dollars" [syn: {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}, {tout ensemble}]

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