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all of en · ADV

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Merely; only; no more or less than; neither more nor better than might be expected.
   • I don't know why he was so impressed with our previous boss; he lasted all of ten days in the position.
   • He's already all of sixty.
2. (not-comparable) Entirely, completely, in a specified state.
   • I was all of a dither when he asked me to marry him.
   • I was not there long, for I was all of a fright when I was there. 1816, Thomas Bayly Howell, A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors:

Deriveds

all of a heap

Translations (9)

ja 全ての (merely) · ru то́лько (merely) · ko 모두의 (merely) · cmn 只不過 /只不过 (merely) · cmn 只 (merely) · ko 전부의 (merely) · fi vain (merely) · fr en tout et pour tout (merely) · ru всего́ (merely)