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All

adjective

Quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class. "Ate all the food" , "All men are mortal" , "All parties are welcome" Antonyms: no, some.

Completely given to or absorbed by.

adverb

To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent ('whole' is often used informally for 'wholly'). Synonyms: altogether, completely, entirely, totally, whole, wholly. "Entirely satisfied with the meal" , "It was completely different from what we expected" , "Was completely at fault" , "A totally new situation" , "The directions were all wrong" , "It was not altogether her fault" , "An altogether new approach" , "A whole new idea" Antonym: partly.

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