different between thoroughly vs altogether
thoroughly
English
Etymology
thorough +? -ly
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??.??.li?/
- (US) IPA(key): /????.?.l?/ (accents with the hurry–furry merger)
- (accents with the hurry–furry merger)
Adverb
thoroughly (comparative more thoroughly, superlative most thoroughly)
- In a thorough or complete manner.
- He went out in the rain and came back thoroughly drenched.
Synonyms
- but good, in spades; see also Thesaurus:completely
Translations
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altogether
English
Etymology
From Middle English altogeder, altogedere, equivalent to al- (“all”) +? together. Cognate with Scots awthegither (“altogether”), Middle High German alzegater (“altogether”). Compare also Old English eal?eador, eall?eador (“altogether”), West Frisian allegearre (“altogether”). More at together.
The noun sense (nakedness): was popularized in George du Maurier's 1894 novel Trilby.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??l.t????ð.?(?)/, /??.tu????ð.?(?)/, /??lt????ð?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?l.tu???ð.?/
- Rhymes: -?ð?(r)
Adverb
altogether (not comparable)
- Completely, wholly, or without exception.
- 1891, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"
- Your advice will be altogether invaluable to me.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:completely
- 1891, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"
- On the whole; with everything considered.
- Synonyms: all in all; see also Thesaurus:mostly
- With everything included
- Altogether, your bill comes to $6.99.
Usage notes
“Altogether” and “all together” do not mean the same thing. The one-word term is used to mean “wholly, completely, in total”, whereas the two-word term is used to mean "as a group, in the same place”, etc.
Translations
Noun
altogether (plural altogethers)
- (colloquial, usually with the) A state of nakedness. (Especially in the phrase in the altogether)
- 1930 Aug. 4, "Prix de Rome," Time:
- 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.
- 2004 Nov. 25, David Carr, "When a TV Talking Head Becomes a Talking Body," New York Times (retrieved 16 Sep 2008):
- Last week, a Cleveland news anchor, Sharon Reed, was caught on camera stripping nude and joining a gaggle of other people in the altogether.
- 1930 Aug. 4, "Prix de Rome," Time:
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