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at all en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • [əˈɾɑ̈ɫ] (cot-caught-merger)
  • (Mid-Atlantic, US) audio
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  • [ætˈoːɫ] (UK)
  • [əˈɾɔɫ] (US)
  • [æˈɾɔɫ] (US)
  • [əˈtʰoːɫ] (UK)
  • [æˈɾɑ̈ɫ] (cot-caught-merger)
  • (Australia) audio
  • [əˈɾoːɫ] (UK)

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, not-comparable) Indicating degree, quantity or frequency greater than zero: to the slightest degree, in any way, at any time or in any circumstance.
    • He did not seem to think that he at all deserved a medal from the Humane and Magnanimous Societies. 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 13: Wheelbarrow
    • My speech didn't seem to go down well at all.
    • If it’s at all possible, I'll try and do it.
    • After a while he descended the steps into the road again and he stood there and looked all about him and listened for any sound at all but there was nothing. 1993, Cormac McCarthy, Outer Dark, page 146:
    • You mustn't speak to her at all.
    • Here's neither buſh, nor ſhrub to beare off any weather at all: and another Storme brewing, I heare it ſing ith' winde: yond ſame blacke cloud, yond huge one, lookes like a foule bumbard that would ſhed his licquor: if it ſhould thunder, as it did before, I know not where to hide my head: yond ſame cloud cannot chooſe but fall by paile-fuls. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 9:
    • The judge, by the way, was the King; and as he wore his crown over the wig, (look at the frontispiece if you want to see how he did it), he did not look at all comfortable, and it was certainly not becoming. 1865, Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 11: Who Stole the Tarts?
    • Were you angry that he was laughing too hard, or that he was laughing at all?
    • Are you at all bothered by the noise?
    • Can you see anyone at all?
    • Let me know if you are at all concerned.
    • I'm glad that she didn't stay long, but sorry that she came at all.
    • This is the only one of the issues for which I am at all responsible.

Deriveds

not at all

Synonyms

any · in the least · whatsoever

Translations (91)

de überhaupt (to the slightest degree, in any way) · es en lo absoluto (to the slightest degree, in any way) · sh uopšte (to the slightest degree, in any way) · ak koraa (to the slightest degree, in any way) · nb i det hele tatt (to the slightest degree, in any way) · cs vůbec (to the slightest degree, in any way) · mk воопшто (to the slightest degree, in any way) · hu egyáltalán (to the slightest degree, in any way) · uk зо́всім (to the slightest degree, in any way) · es en lo más mínimo (to the slightest degree, in any way) · sh uopće (to the slightest degree, in any way) · sv alls (to the slightest degree, in any way) · fa اصلاً (to the slightest degree, in any way) · bg изо́бщо (to the slightest degree, in any way) · ro de fapt (to the slightest degree, in any way) · gl de todo (to the slightest degree, in any way) · eo ajn (to the slightest degree, in any way) · es en absoluto (to the slightest degree, in any way) · uk взагалі́ (to the slightest degree, in any way) · fi ollenkaan (to the slightest degree, in any way) · fi mitään (to the slightest degree, in any way) · ru вообще́ (to the slightest degree, in any way) · hy ընդհանրապես (to the slightest degree, in any way) · sh уопште (to the slightest degree, in any way) · da i det hele taget (to the slightest degree, in any way) · it di sorta (to the slightest degree, in any way) · is yfirleitt (to the slightest degree, in any way) · it comunque (to the slightest degree, in any way) · pl ani trochę (to the slightest degree, in any way) · be зусі́м (to the slightest degree, in any way) · la haudquāquam (to the slightest degree, in any way) · ro în realitate (to the slightest degree, in any way) · ca gens (to the slightest degree, in any way) · ga ar bith (to the slightest degree, in any way) · is yfirhöfuð (to the slightest degree, in any way) · ja まったく (to the slightest degree, in any way) · th หรอก (to the slightest degree, in any way) · id sama sekali (to the slightest degree, in any way) · ja 少しも (to the slightest degree, in any way) · pl nic a nic (to the slightest degree, in any way) · vi quái (to the slightest degree, in any way) · dsb zewšym (to the slightest degree, in any way) · pl wcale (to the slightest degree, in any way) · ro în general (to the slightest degree, in any way) · la omnīnō (to the slightest degree, in any way) · pl w ogóle (to the slightest degree, in any way) · sv överhuvudtaget (to the slightest degree, in any way) · da overhovedet (to the slightest degree, in any way) · nn i det heile (to the slightest degree, in any way) · ru во́все (to the slightest degree, in any way) · fi lainkaan (to the slightest degree, in any way) · bg въобще́ (to the slightest degree, in any way) · ms langsung (to the slightest degree, in any way) · it assolutamente (to the slightest degree, in any way) · cmn 根本 (to the slightest degree, in any way) · nl helemaal (to the slightest degree, in any way) · ar أبداً (to the slightest degree, in any way) · tl sa lahat ng (to the slightest degree, in any way) · hi बिलकुल (to the slightest degree, in any way) · nb overhodet (to the slightest degree, in any way) · be нао́гул (to the slightest degree, in any way) · sk vôbec (to the slightest degree, in any way) · cmn 壓根 /压根 (to the slightest degree, in any way) · vi cả (to the slightest degree, in any way) · de gar (to the slightest degree, in any way) · hi बिल्कुल (to the slightest degree, in any way) · pt de todo (to the slightest degree, in any way) · gd idir (to the slightest degree, in any way) · it ad ogni modo (to the slightest degree, in any way) · pl całkiem (to the slightest degree, in any way) · he כְּלָל (to the slightest degree, in any way) · ga ar chor ar bith (to the slightest degree, in any way) · ru совсе́м (to the slightest degree, in any way) · gv erbee (to the slightest degree, in any way) · ko 완전히 (to the slightest degree, in any way) · sl sploh (to the slightest degree, in any way) · tr hiç de (to the slightest degree, in any way) · el καθόλου (to the slightest degree, in any way) · fi yhtään (to the slightest degree, in any way) · izh yhtää (to the slightest degree, in any way) · sco ava (to the slightest degree, in any way) · rue догде (to the slightest degree, in any way) · ja 全然 (to the slightest degree, in any way) · ur بالکل (to the slightest degree, in any way) · gl para nada (to the slightest degree, in any way) · dsb scełego (to the slightest degree, in any way) · ka ვაფშე (to the slightest degree, in any way) · cy o gwbl (to the slightest degree, in any way) · fr du tout (to the slightest degree, in any way) · cmn 完全 (to the slightest degree, in any way) · ka საერთოდ (to the slightest degree, in any way)