at all

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Indicatingdegree,quantityorfrequencygreater thanzero: to the slightest degree,in any way, at any time or in any circumstance.Synonyms:whatsoever,in the least,anyYou mustn't speak to herat all.Can you see anyoneat all?Are youat allbothered by the noise?Let me know if you areat allconcerned.Were you angry that he was laughing too hard, or that he was laughingat all?My speech didn't seem to go down wellat all.I'm glad that she didn't stay long, but sorry that she cameat all.This is the only one of the issues for which I amat allresponsible.If it’sat allpossible, I'll try and do it.1610–1611(date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene ii],page 9:Here's neither buſh, nor ſhrub to beare off any weatherat 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.1851,Herman Melville,Moby-Dick,Chapter 13:Wheelbarrow:He did not seem to think that heat alldeserved a medal from the Humane and Magnanimous Societies.1865,Lewis Carroll,Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,Chapter 11:Who Stole the Tarts?: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 lookat allcomfortable, and it was certainly not becoming.1993,Cormac McCarthy,Outer Dark, page146:After a while he descended the steps into the road again and he stood there and looked all about him and listened for any soundat allbut there was nothing.

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