ことごとく

ことごとく · kotogotoku · JLPT N1 · adverb

altogether

ことごとく = koto (thing) + goto (each): every single thing, all without exception

Split into 'koto' (thing) and 'gotoku' (like, in the manner of). Together they mean every single thing, altogether, with nothing left out.

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