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all the way en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Completely, as much as possible; in full; to the end or full extent.
    • Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn. 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 16:
    • The train was the 3 p.m. from Waterloo, which, doubtless because of the coal crisis, had been mercilessly pared down to no more than eight vehicles—[…]—and as a result of this drastic treatment passengers were standing all the way to Templecombe. 1951 May, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 329:
    • We're with you all the way on this issue.
    • Our unit advanced all the way to Pyeongyang, the capital of North Korea. 2006, David Hyungbok Kim, “Through Devestation”, in Who Will Answer..., Holt International, →OCLC, page 79:
    • I'm a dyke (butch, all the way) and would like to correspond with a fem lesbian who is tender, fine, smart, witty and all the way into loving other women. 1981 April 4, Robin Jackson, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
  2. (colloquial, not-comparable, of food) With every typical condiment or topping; with every available one.
    • I wedged my way into the crowd and up to the counter. All I had to do was catch Janice's eye. She'd bring me the usual, two hot dogs all the way, and a steaming pack of artery-clogging fries. 2017, Jane Tesh, Baby, Take A Bow:
    • “Two dogs and a burger all the way, hold the onions on the burger; coming right up.” 2011, Al Thomas, Quiet Places of the Heart, page 35:

Coordinates

to some extent · to an extent · in a way

Deriveds

go all the way

Synonyms

with the works · in every way

Translations (18)

fi loppuun asti (to the end) · hu végig (to the end) · de durchweg (to the end) · ang ealne weġ (to the end) · pt até o fim (to the end) · de durchgehend (to the end) · oj gabe- (to the end) · pl aż do (to the end) · la usque (to the end) · de ganz (to the end) · pl ze wszystkim (with every typical condiment or topping) · ka ბოლომდე (to the end) · pl na całość (to the end) · fr jusqu'au bout (to the end) · pl aż (to the end) · fi loppuun saakka (to the end) · de mit allem (with every typical condiment or topping) · it infine (to the end)