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통째로

whole, entirely, in its entirety

통 not at all + 째 forms ordinals or marks a whole unit or duration + 로 Instrumental case (by, with, or as)
adverb Rare #28,269
whole, entirely, in its entirety Emphasizes that something is taken or handled as a whole, not in separate parts.
KO: 사과를 통째로 먹었어요.
EN: I ate the whole apple.

집도 통째로 만들어요

They even build the entire house from scratch.

— 중앙역 (1998)