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all in all

all in all adverb: all things considered.

Adverb

all in all (not comparable)

  1. (modal, set phrase) All things considered.
    • Near-synonyms: for the most part, mostly; see also Thesaurus:mostly
    • All in all, it's not a bad little restaurant.
  2. Altogether: with everything included, with all factors or parts having been added up.
    • There were twenty absentees all in all.
    Synonyms:
    in all, all told
  3. (archaic) Altogether, wholly.
    • And I perceived no touch of change,
      ⁠No hint of death in all his frame,
      ⁠But found him all in all the same, […]1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XIV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 23
    Synonyms:
    in every way

Noun

all in all (uncountable)

  1. Everything that matters; the only thing of importance.
    • […] to realize, by constant faith, the all-sufficiency of his redeeming power and love — to make him all his salvation and all his desire, the Alpha and Omega of all his hope, his all in all.1822, William Goode, Essays on all the scriptural names and titles of Christ, page 181
    • You saw us all in happier days before he married me. I was all in all then to him; or would he have given up his fortune, his family, as he nobly did to make me happy?1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    all

all in all meaning in Tamil

all in all in Tamil

அனைத்துமாக, எல்லாமாக, முழு நிறைவாக, முழுஈடுபாடு, முழுதும் நிறைந்த, முழுவதுமாக

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Questions about all in all

What does all in all mean?
All in all means all things considered.
What is all in all in Tamil?
All in all in Tamil is அனைத்துமாக, எல்லாமாக, முழு நிறைவாக. See All in all meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is all in all?
All in all can be an adverb or a noun.

Words near all in all in the dictionary

  1. all hope abandon ye who enter here
  2. all hope abandon, ye who enter here
  3. all icing, no cake
  4. all in
  5. all in a day's work
  6. all in all
  7. all in good time
  8. all in one piece
  9. all in the family
  10. all inclusive
  11. All India

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