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Altogether vs Patently - What's the difference?

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Altogether is a related term of patently.


As adverbs the difference between altogether and patently

is that altogether is without exception; wholly; completely while patently is in a clear and unambiguous manner.

altogether

English

Adverb

(-)
  • Without exception; wholly; completely.
  • * 1891 , , The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"
  • Your advice will be altogether invaluable to me.
  • * , chapter=3
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=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 presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}
  • On the whole; with everything considered.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=November 10, author=Jeremy Wilson
  • , title=tEngland Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report, work=Telegraph citation , passage=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. }}

    Synonyms

    * wholly * completely * (on the whole) all in all

    Derived terms

    * in the altogether

    patently

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a clear and unambiguous manner.