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as all hell

as all hell adverb: to a great extent or degree; very.

Adverb

as all hell (not comparable)

  1. (simile) To a great extent or degree; very.
    • I'd make her calm down, and then I'd go over to the other side of the living room and take out this cigarette case and light a cigarette, cool as all hell.1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 265
    • Her husband puts both hands on her shoulders, and she rubs her face against first one hand, then the other, sensuous as all hell.2004, Kate Cann, Spanish Holiday: Or, How I Transformed the Worst Vacation Ever Into the Best Summer of My Life, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 72

Synonyms of as all hell

Questions about as all hell

What does as all hell mean?
As all hell means to a great extent or degree; very.
What part of speech is as all hell?
As all hell is an adverb.

Words near as all hell in the dictionary

  1. as above, so below
  2. as against
  3. as all fuck
  4. as all get out
  5. as all get-out
  6. as all hell
  7. as along as
  8. as always
  9. as an aside
  10. as and when
  11. as anything

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