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all of

all of adverb: merely; only; no more or less than; neither more nor better than might be expected.

Adverb

all of (not comparable)

  1. Merely; only; no more or less than; neither more nor better than might be expected.
    • I don't know why he was so impressed with our previous boss; he lasted all of ten days in the position.
    • He's already all of sixty.
  2. Entirely, completely, in a specified state.
    • I was all of a dither when he asked me to marry him.
    • I was not there long, for I was all of a fright when I was there.1816, Thomas Bayly Howell, A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors

Words formed from all of

Questions about all of

What does all of mean?
All of means merely; only; no more or less than; neither more nor better than might be expected.
What part of speech is all of?
All of is an adverb.

Words near all of in the dictionary

  1. all my eye and Betty Martin
  2. all night
  3. all nighter
  4. all nighters
  5. all o' y'all
  6. all of
  7. all of a doodah
  8. all of a heap
  9. all of a sudden
  10. all of one's taste is in one's mouth
  11. all of the sudden

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