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   altogether

   /ˌɔːltəˈɡɛðə/

   adverb

   • 1. completely; totally: "I stopped seeing her altogether" Similar completelytotallyentirelyabsolutelywhollyfullythoroughlyutterlyquiteone hundred per centdownrightunqualifiedlyin all respectsunconditionallyperfectlyunrestrictedlyconsummatelyundisputedlyunmitigatedlywholeheartedlylock, stock, and barrelin totoat allveryterriblyOpposite partially
   • ▪ including everything or everyone; in total: "he had married several times and had forty-six children altogether" Similar in allall toldin tototaken togetherin sumcounting them all
   • ▪ taking everything into consideration; on the whole: "altogether it was a great evening" Similar on the wholeoverallall in allall things consideredtaking everything into consideration/accounton balanceon averagefor the most partmostlymainlyin the mainin generalgenerallygenerally speakinglargelyby and largeto a large extentto a great degreeOpposite relatively

   Word Origin Old English(see all, together).

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

   • T

     1

   • O

     1

   • G

     2

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • H

     4

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

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