in every sense of the word

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Used to add emphasis1904November, Fritz Cunliffe-Owen, “Germany's Next Emperor”, inMunsey's Magazine, volume32, number 2, page225:The prince is not a prig, nor yet a milksop, butin every sense of the worda manly young fellow .1951, Herbert William Natzke,The constitutional dictatorship of Dr. Heinrich Bruening:He declared further that the depression had precipitated a crisis of democracyin every sense of the word.1952,Report - Republic of South Africa, Provincial Administration of the Cape of Good Hope, Dept. of Nature Conservation, page68:The East London Museum's motto, "No time like the present", has throughout the year been lived up toin every sense of the word.

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