altogether

Meanings

Adverb

• Completely, wholly, or without exception.
• On the whole; with everything considered.
• With everything included

Noun

• A state of nakedness. (Especially in the phrase in the altogether)

Origin

• From Middle English altogeder, altogedere, equivalent to al- + together. Cognate with Scots awthegither, Middle High German alzegater. Compare also Old English ealġeador, eallġeador, West Frisian allegearre ("altogether"). More at together.
• The noun sense was popularized in George du Maurier's 1894 novel Trilby.