(adv)
to a completedegree or to the full or entireextent (`whole' is oftenusedinformally 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"; "she feltright at home"; "he fellright into the trap"