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Meaning: Generally speaking; in terms of thebig picture.Synonyms:all in all,by and large,for the most part,in the main,on balance,on the whole;see alsoThesaurus:mostly,Thesaurus:generallyOf course some areas are more dangerous than others, butall things consideredGlasgow is quite a safe place to live.; Despite possibleindicationsto the contrary.Synonyms:actually,as a matter of fact,in fact,overall;see alsoThesaurus:actuallyThough only a few people attended the premiere,all things consideredthe play was rather a success.1848November –1850December,William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XXXVII, inThe History of Pendennis.[…], volume II, London:Bradbury and Evans,[…], published1850,→OCLC,page356:“[…]andall things considered, I don't much regret that this affair with Miss Amory ismanquée, though I wished for it once—in fact,all things considered, I am very glad of it.”1864May –1865November,Charles Dickens,Our Mutual Friend.[…], volume(please specify |volume=I or II), London:Chapman and Hall,[…], published1865,→OCLC, book the,page159:Yet,all things considered, she was not of an evil mind or an unkindly disposition.1876, Henrietta H. Holdich, “My Georgie”, inHarper's New Monthly Magazine, Harper & Brothers, page421:All things considered, he would not have been such a bad match for Ida, only that I knew the child did not really care about him, and there was Georgie breaking her proud, patient little heart for his sake, and nobody saw it but one old woman, who had been through it all herself, and knew what it meant.; Given theconstraintsof thesituation; relative to what would have been understandable.Synonyms:nevertheless,otherwise,consideringAlthough rationing was strict, they had a couple of chickens and a vegetable patch and they ate well,all things considered.1719May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe],The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe,[…], London:[…]W[illiam]Taylor[…],→OCLC:We had a good stock of tea, with which we treated our friends, as above, and we lived very cheerfully and well,all things considered.1905April–October,Upton Sinclair, chapterVII, inThe Jungle, New York, N.Y.:Doubleday, Page & Company, published 26 February 1906,→OCLC:Jurgis lost his temper very little, however,all things considered.
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