Altogether
Altogether adverb - To a full extent or degree.
Usage example: I was not altogether prepared for such bad news
Exactly
Exactly adverb - To a full extent or degree.
Usage example: she listened to the advice, then did exactly what she wanted to anyway
Altogether is a synonym for exactly in manner topic. You can use "Altogether" instead an adverb "Exactly", if it concerns topics such as amount, all, accurately.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Although the two are distantly related, one can't exactly say it runs in the family (Tenchi missed out on it altogether).
Source: Dirty Old Man -
He gets a little tarnished once he realises exactly how deeply in trouble his family is, and loses the shine altogether when Larita's backstory is revealed.
Source: Film / Easy Virtue -
It fits the letter of the trope exactly, but the spirit is a different matter altogether.
Source: Orphan's Plot Trinket
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