all that

1 of 2

adverb

: to an indicated or suggested extent or degree : so
didn't take his threats all that seriously

all that

2 of 2

phrase

: everything of the kind indicated
tact, discretion, and all that

Examples of all that in a Sentence

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Adverb
Down below sit the foot controls that peek through all that bodywork. Utkarsh Sood june 05, New Atlas, 5 June 2026 Just cancel all that out and just worry about the present. C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 5 June 2026 And so on Friday, May 29, after former Blue Ox president Dean Gyorgy headed up a lecture on the team as part of the Hall’s annual Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, everybody stepped into another room for the formal handing-over of all that cool stuff. Steve Buckley, New York Times, 5 June 2026 The pool party seemed like ages ago, and no one used that bathroom or cleaned up an empty White Claw in all that time? Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for all that

Word History

First Known Use

Adverb

1945, in the meaning defined above

Phrase

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of all that was in the 15th century

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“All that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20that. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.

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