The phrase "an altogether original" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is completely new or unique, emphasizing its originality.
Example: "The artist presented an altogether original piece that captivated the audience with its innovative style."
Alternatives: "a completely original" or "a wholly original".
Like Monet's "Impression: Sunrise," the painting that launched the Impressionist movement just a few years later, this miniature lyric distills the works of its antecedents in an altogether original way.
** Like Monet's "Impression: Sunrise," the painting that launched the Impressionist movement just a few years later, this miniature lyric distills the works of its antecedents in an altogether original way.
My love is of an altogether original kind.
This is a moving, altogether original film that weaves together a series of metaphors and draws us into the life of a courageous man.
After 10 days Ms. Vincent regains her freedom with relief and a not altogether original epiphany: cleanliness, nutrition, kindness and adequate financing are all part of mental health care, especially when psychosis intertwines with poverty.
The Saratoga Avenue Community Center, built by the New York City Housing Authority, is a small, self-assured brick building that loosely echoes Frank Lloyd Wright, but is altogether original, and stands as a welcome — and welcoming — reminder that the city government actually is capable of being a good client when it wants to be.
Not altogether original, you might say, but in Belfast, where peace walls remain an all too visible fact, it is pertinent to Declan's mind and mine.
None of Mr. Schwab's ideas are altogether original or revolutionary.
Still, Corderoy's rhymes are zappy and amusing, and Berger's drawings are charming, if not altogether original.
Zadie Smith's remarkable debut novel is a big, populous, multicultural production that is part Dickens, part Salman Rushdie, part Martin Amis, and altogether original.
The tunes were better than any he had written before, the drama tighter and more exciting, and the characterization altogether original.
