in the altogether
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For the past three decades, the 54-year-old engineer from Zurich has been unabashedly hiking in the altogether, in all kinds of climatic conditions, with no incident.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Rejoicing in the luxury of his surroundings, and in the altogether satisfying discovery that he might sleep again, he turned over and once more was lost in profound slumber.
From The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land by Connor, Ralph
The place purported to be an hotel—a seedy, out-at-elbows, seemingly little-frequented hotel, rejoicing in the altogether inappropriate name of the Hôtel Paradis, or the Paradise Hotel.
From The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood by Griffiths, Arthur
English Law undoubtedly is housed with much greater modesty, though not without due magnificence, in the altogether humbler levels of the Strand.
From Beautiful Europe: Belgium by Morris, Joseph Ernest
He occupied his half hour, however, in making a few rough notes to guide him in the altogether improbable event of his being called on to open, and then went into court.
From Beatrice by Haggard, Henry Rider