in the altogether
Naked.
Hearing that his wife was posing in the altogether for the great Spanish satirist, the Duke of Alba swore that he would paint Goya's picture in Goya's blood.
altogether
UK /ɔːl.tʊˈɡɛð.ə(ɹ)/ US /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/
adv 4noun 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
bad, false, great, invaluable, pleasant, satisfactory, satisfied, wrong
VERB + ALTOGETHER
cost, house, know, party, plan, posing, prohibiting, seem
ALTOGETHER + NOUN
gowns, president's, things
PREP.
in, than, with
Definitions
adv
1
Completely, wholly, or without exception.
Police did not seem altogether satisfied with my alibi.
Your advice will be altogether invaluable to me.
2
On the whole; with everything considered.
Altogether, I'm sorry it happened.
A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After FIFA’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward.
3
With everything included.
Altogether, your bill comes to $6.99.
4
An intensifier: without doubt, clearly.
It was a great game altogether.
That took altogether too much time.
noun
1
[(chiefly) with the or in the] A state of nakedness.
And she objects, too, to the "altogether." Her gowns will never be cut more décolleté than those seen in the boxes of the Metropolitan Opera House of New York city.
Hearing that his wife was posing in the altogether for the great Spanish satirist, the Duke of Alba swore that he would paint Goya's picture in Goya's blood.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Police did not seem altogether satisfied with my alibi.
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Your advice will be altogether invaluable to me.
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One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when
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And she objects, too, to the "altogether." Her gowns will never be cut more décolleté than those seen in the boxes of the Metropolitan Opera House of New York city.
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Hearing that his wife was posing in the altogether for the great Spanish satirist, the Duke of Alba swore that he would paint Goya's picture in Goya's blood.
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Last week, a Cleveland news anchor, Sharon Reed, was caught on camera stripping nude and joining a gaggle of other people in the altogether.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
i Register
In some senses, altogether is marked as informal, dated, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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