The Collaborative International Dictionary
All \All\, n. The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; as, our all is at stake. Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. --Shak. All that thou seest is mine. --Gen. xxxi. 43. Note: All is used with of, like a partitive; as, all of a thing, all of us. After all, after considering everything to the contrary; nevertheless. All in all, a phrase which signifies all things to a person, or everything desired; (also adverbially) wholly; altogether. Thou shalt be all in all, and I in thee, Forever. --Milton. Trust me not at all, or all in all. --Tennyson. All in the wind (Naut.), a phrase denoting that the sails are parallel with the course of the wind, so as to shake. All told, all counted; in all. And all, and the rest; and everything connected. ``Bring our crown and all.'' --Shak. At all.
In every respect; wholly; thoroughly. [Obs.] ``She is a shrew at al(l).''
--Chaucer.-
A phrase much used by way of enforcement or emphasis, usually in negative or interrogative sentences, and signifying in any way or respect; in the least degree or to the least extent; in the least; under any circumstances; as, he has no ambition at all; has he any property at all? ``Nothing at all.''
--Shak. ``If thy father at all miss me.''
--1 Sam. xx. 6.Over all, everywhere. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.Note: All is much used in composition to enlarge the meaning, or add force to a word. In some instances, it is completely incorporated into words, and its final consonant is dropped, as in almighty, already, always: but, in most instances, it is an adverb prefixed to adjectives or participles, but usually with a hyphen, as, all-bountiful, all-glorious, allimportant, all-surrounding, etc. In others it is an adjective; as, allpower, all-giver. Anciently many words, as, alabout, alaground, etc., were compounded with all, which are now written separately.
Wiktionary
phr. 1 (context idiomatic English) Including every object, attribute, or process associated with preceding item or series of items. 2 (context idiomatic informal English) (non-gloss definition: Used to suggest certain unstated relevant implications or what has been stated). 3 (context dialectal English) (non-gloss definition: Used to add emphasis).
Usage examples of "and all".
Esteban had killed him as he had killed Emily and all those otherA knock on the door.
Incarnation of Evil, and all the other active Incarnations opposed him.
Nox was the Incarnation of Night, really an ancient goddess, mistress of secrets and dreams and all things hidden.
Satan had been trying desperately to nullify that situation before it occurred, and all the Incarnations had battled him to preserve it.
It entirely overwhelmed me, and all ethical scruples ceased to have meaning.
I envy you that control, and I admire you for that and all that you are.
It is wrong, we know, but the world is not governed by right, it is governed by circumstances, and all we can do is alleviate the most egregious cases.
I failed you, and myself, and all of those who sacrificed so much to give me my good life!
The old man certainly knew how to make an impression on women, young or old, and all of them were women.
She had really been getting to like him, and all the time he had been a brutal hijacker, planning this slaughter!
She realized that she would have to go alone, and somehow get some money and all the things they needed.
She stretched out her arms and opened her knees, offering to him all her Russian beauty: her sparkling black eyes, her hair, her teeth, her strong arms and belly, and all that temperament between shoulder and thigh.
She was shivering in the rain and all goose-pimples, so he rolled off her and helped her to her feet, putting his arms around her.
He left the room, which was full of thoughts of contagion and monstrosity and all kinds of panicked jumble, through the zigzag of a wall, and worked his way into the next compartment.
Jai smiled, which was the proper thing to do in any and all circumstances, and the other man smiled back, exposing his teeth.