Altogether
Altogether adverb - To a full extent or degree.
Usage example: I was not altogether prepared for such bad news
Partly
Partly adverb - In some measure or degree.
Usage example: you're only partly right
Altogether is an antonym for partly.
Both words in one sentence
- At first partly subverted in that after a while, his glasses tended to come and go at random, until finally he stopped wearing them altogether.
Source: Unwanted Glasses Plot - In the event, though, it doesn't come to that, partly because the Turtle doesn't work ( Lu-Tze can spot something that could change history, and takes steps) and partly because Om forces the other gods to stop the war altogether.
Source: Lensman Arms Race
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