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Adverbial altogether has 3 senses
- wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole - to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"
- altogether, all told, in all - with everything included or counted; "altogether he earns close to a million dollars"
- all in all, on the whole, altogether, tout ensemble - with everything considered (and neglecting details); "altogether, I'm sorry it happened"; "all in all, it's not so bad"
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