all in all en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(modal, not-comparable, qualifier:set phrase) All things considered.
Near-synonyms: for the most part, mostly; see also Thesaurus:mostly
There are, of course, certain differences of detail; for example, the placing of the safety valves on the boiler barrel behind the dome, which follows the practice in the Riddles 2-8-0 and 2-10-0 locomotives for the Ministry of Supply; but taken all in all, Britannia's boiler has a closer affinity with the Doncaster designs than with any other.
1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 273:All in all, it's not a bad little restaurant.
All in all, an enjoyable day.
2025 November 12, 'Mystery Shopper', “Is Devon the cream of the crop?”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 48:
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(not-comparable) Altogether: with everything included, with all factors or parts having been added up.
There were twenty absentees all in all.
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(archaic, not-comparable) Altogether, wholly.
And I perceived no touch of change, No hint of death in all his frame, But found him all in all the same, […]
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XIV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 23:
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Synonyms
all in all · all told · on the whole · basically · all things considered · mainly · in every way · broadly · primarily · in all · in general · altogether · all in · largely · mostly · chiefly · by and large · generally · bottom line · mostly · for the most part · overall · pretty well · overall · feckly · on the whole · for the most part · in the main · principally · predominantly · as a rule · generally · in the large
Translations (32)
ca al capdavall (generally) · fr l'un dans l'autre (generally) · ru в ито́ге (generally) · fi kaikkiaan (generally) · fi kaiken kaikkiaan (generally) · it nell'insieme (generally) · it nel complesso (generally) · fi summa summarum (generally) · nb alt i alt (generally) · ru в о́бщем (generally) · cmn 總而言之 /总而言之 (generally) · nn alt i alt (generally) · nl al met al (generally) · nb alt tatt i betraktning (generally) · de alles in allem (generally) · cs tak či tak (generally) · da alt taget i betragtning (generally) · gl en xeral (generally) · nb i det store og det hele (generally) · da i alt (generally) · fr tout compte fait (generally) · it tutto sommato (generally) · hu összességében (generally) · ru в це́лом (generally) · cmn 總的來說 /总的来说 (generally) · pl ogólnie rzecz biorąc (generally) · ru в коне́чном счёте (generally) · el όταν ληφθούν όλα υπόψιν (generally) · pt de todo (generally) · da alt i alt (generally) · ko 일반적으로 (generally) · ca en definitiva (generally)