Definition: 1. Completely; in every way. 2. Informal terms for nakedness. 3. To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent. 4. With everything included or counted.
Use 'altogether' in a sentence:
1. Altogether there are some ten thousand of these volcanoes on Earth.
2. Tain't robbery altogether--it's revenge!
3. After shipment, it will be altogether four to five weeks before the goods can reach our retailers.
4. I tried to shut the computer down, and it seized up altogether.
5. The issue became whether he should leave altogether or remain as chairman in a non-executive role.
6. A growing number of employers are trying to bypass the unions altogether.
7. There are altogether 40 students in this class.
8. Buy a dimmer switch and keep the light on low, or switch it off altogether.
9. 'Perhaps it would be better if I withdrew altogether.' — 'Certainly not!'
10. When Artie stopped calling altogether, Julie found a new man.
11. The female role has been downgraded altogether in the drive for greater equality.
12. Well, now just a second, I don't altogether agree.
13. Altogether, it was a delightful town garden, peaceful and secluded.
14. The long-range goal must be to do away with nuclear weapons altogether.
15. After that, the heart stops beating altogether.
16. Brando received eight Oscar nominations altogether.
17. I am not altogether happy about the decision.
18. I don't think a sedentary life would altogether suit me.
19. Well, now just a second, I don't altogether agree with the premise.
20. There are altogether thirty students in our class.
21. Other countries are eagerly awaiting an American green light to lift the sanctions altogether.
22. The train went slower and slower until it stopped altogether.
23. Your files should not use a different technology altogether.
24. Britain has a dozen warships in the area, with a total of five thousand military personnel altogether.
25. "Perhaps it would be better if I withdrew altogether."—"Certainly not!"
26. My involvement has not been altogether, shall we say, ethical.
27. We were not altogether sure that the comet would miss the Earth.
28. The fashion business, he claims, not altogether convincingly, is more real than the film business.
29. Altogether it took forty-two days.
30. We went to four different stores altogether.
31. It is not altogether without reason to say so.
32. There are ten of us altogether.
33. His tour may have to be cancelled altogether.
34. That's a different matter altogether.
35. Clinical test results are certainly encouraging — 10 per cent of wrinkles disappear altogether.
36. I am not altogether convinced by this argument.
37. We have invited fifty people altogether.
38. His objective was to kill the space station project altogether.
39. I suspect he isn't altogether unhappy about my absence.
40. It was an altogether different situation.
41. Debit cards dispense with the need for cash altogether.
42. I believe it is time to ban tobacco advertising altogether.
43. The choice of language is altogether different.
44. I often skip breakfast altogether.
45. You can't look directly into it; you've got to shade your eyes or close them altogether.
46. I don't altogether agree with you.
47. The powers that be, in this case the independent Television Association, banned the advertisement altogether.
