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Meanings of on the whole in English
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em suma Synonyms
Examples for "altogether"
Examples for "altogether"
1
You could of course eschew government debt altogether, looking elsewhere for diversification.
2
The change in the wind was altogether in favor of the brigantine.
3
Problem is, your self-restraint is so good you often skip meals altogether.
4
Or to talk about how to create a completely new system altogether.
5
However it stopped short of calling on banks to stop bonuses altogether.
1
God is all in all; God is good; hence all is good.
2
Taking it all in all, the scene was spectacular in the extreme.
3
It was all in all to her; to him it was nothing.
4
I feel every thing entirely, all in all and all in etc.
5
It is, all in all, the best biography of Washington in existence.
1
He had the happy eye for the tout ensemble in a fine landscape.
2
He never contemplates the tout ensemble.
3
It is so not alone by virtue of its magnitudes, but by virtue of the whole its tout ensemble.
4
Mrs. G. W. was tastefully dressed in a ' tout ensemble,' and was greeted with deafening applause wherever she went.
5
I might say much about aliments considered as a tout ensemble, and about the various modifications they undergo by mixing, etc.
Usage of on the whole in English
1
But several analysts said that on the whole the report was positive.
2
The Prelude is on the whole the finest part of the drama.
3
Someday we hope to prepare a definitive article on the whole subject.
4
The ideas of his poetry are noble and on the whole clear.
5
The tendency of it is, on the whole, in the opposite direction.
6
He had the fame; and, on the whole, he earned the fame.
7
Gerald was in the meantime very agreeable and satisfactory on the whole.
8
The conclusive answer on the whole is-thegreater good of the commonwealth.
9
And yet you're ready to let her in on the whole thing.
10
It is the only one of the kind on the whole street.
11
Yet on the whole the nation had gained greatly in three generations.
12
I was very tired; but on the whole I was very satisfied.
13
I know you can't give me an exclusive on the whole case.
14
Yet on the whole, no; I have rather need of nerve tonics.
15
But, on the whole, I will take a class in the Sunday-school.
16
Swope said he'd decided to put a lid on the whole thing.