1
as in mostly
for the most part
altogether, I'd say we had a pretty good time
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2
as in completely
to a full extent or degree
I was not altogether prepared for such bad news
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as in collectively
with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time
we spent six months in Europe altogether
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as in nudity
the state of having no clothes on one's body
had never posed in the altogether for a photographer before
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Recent Examples of altogether
Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Places that serve alcohol can choose to prohibit minors or those under the age of 21 altogether, or limit the hours they're allowed.
—Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025
Jason Furman, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2017
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Adverb
In 2024, Florida lawmakers considered restricting cars from driving in the left lane altogether.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Places that serve alcohol can choose to prohibit minors or those under the age of 21 altogether, or limit the hours they're allowed.
—Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
According to my calculations, the White House methodology yields the absurd conclusion that eliminating the corporate tax altogether would boost annual household wages by up to $20,000.
—Jason Furman, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2017
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Adverb
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The third browser wars The second round of browser wars concluded with Google Chrome’s dominance, mostly due to its speed and integration with the wider Google ecosystem.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Charlotte-area group led by local governmental officials is one of 16 regional councils in the state that mostly focus on economic development, planning and social services that extend beyond single communities.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Oct. 2025
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For instance, the Comet browser still gets completely stumped on the website Semafor uses for expenses and travel.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Some neighborhoods have such high levels of destruction that the only option is to completely raze them and rebuild them.—
Shelly Culbertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The study, which was done in living yeast cells and human cell lines, illustrates how proteins act collectively by forming a crystal that gathers caspases together to activate the cell death program and enable the cell to make a rapid life-or-death decision.—
Viviane Callier,
Scientific American,
20 Oct. 2025
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The defense posted its first regular-season shutout in 14 years, a collectively perfect day, but the offense has cooked for four weeks, and, yes, that includes a losing effort in Jacksonville.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
20 Oct. 2025
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Naked bike rides as a form of protest are not uncommon in major cities across the USA, and in Oregon, public nudity is considered a legal form of protest.—
Robert Abitbol,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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Rudolph revealed that there was almost some real nudity on set.—
Michael Nied,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Tea was consumed chiefly in private; Mother poured out.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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Martin, whose first language is Swedish, is chiefly concerned with melody.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Until Slot settles on a right-back option, the short-term message is quite clear for Premier League opposition analysts — target Liverpool’s right flank.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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On one level its assessment can be quite subjective, and there’s a degree of connoisseurship.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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Arizona's most recent educational assessment scores show students overall essentially maintained their proficiency levels in math, reading and writing, but students with cognitive disabilities taking alternative standardized tests showed drops relative to their peers.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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Movies, Lego sets, theme parks — all of these are just part of his overall-clad empire.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
18 Oct. 2025
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According to the Morgan, Renoir used the female nude as a way to explore the representation of form across media.—
Jane Levere,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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And more and more teens are being victimized by peers using deepfake nudes.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Altogether.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altogether. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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