Definition of In the altogether

1. Adjective. (used informally) completely unclothed.

Exact synonyms: Bare-ass, Bare-assed, In The Buff, In The Raw, Naked As A Jaybird, Peeled, Raw, Stark Naked
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Unclothed

Definition of In the altogether

1. Adjective. (idiomatic euphemistic) Naked. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of In The Altogether

in summary
in suspense(p)
in tandem
in tears
in terms of
in terrorem clause
in terrorem clauses
in that
in that location
in that respect
in the abstract
in the act
in the adjacent apartment
in the adjacent house
in the air
in the altogether (current term)
in the bag
in the ballpark
in the bargain
in the beginning
in the black
in the blink of an eye
in the buff
in the cards
in the clear
in the crosshairs
in the dark
in the dock

Literary usage of In the altogether

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Perhaps the possibility of punning worries the pundits: these kids continually indulged in swimming all together in the “altogether” —The Bulletin (Sydney, ..."

2. Modern Eloquence by Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh (1903)
"... ah, far above all, he kneels to it, he worships it in the faith, in the purity, in the strength, in the altogether divine majesty of her love. ..."

3. Modern Eloquence by Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh (1900)
"... but above all, ah, far above all, he kneels to it, he worships it in the faith, in the purity, in the strength, in the altogether divine majesty ..."

4. American Literary Criticism, Selected and Ed.: With an Introductory Essay by William Morton Payne (1904)
"... far above all — he kneels to it — he worships it in the faith, in the purity, in the strength, in the altogether divine majesty — of her love. ..."

5. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Perhaps the possibility of punning worries the pundits: these kids continually indulged in swimming all together in the “altogether” —The Bulletin (Sydney, ..."

6. Modern Eloquence by Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh (1903)
"... ah, far above all, he kneels to it, he worships it in the faith, in the purity, in the strength, in the altogether divine majesty of her love. ..."

7. Modern Eloquence by Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh (1900)
"... but above all, ah, far above all, he kneels to it, he worships it in the faith, in the purity, in the strength, in the altogether divine majesty ..."

8. American Literary Criticism, Selected and Ed.: With an Introductory Essay by William Morton Payne (1904)
"... far above all — he kneels to it — he worships it in the faith, in the purity, in the strength, in the altogether divine majesty — of her love. ..."

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