at all

adverb

: in any way or respect : to the least extent or degree : under any circumstances

doesn't smoke at all

Synonyms of at all

• ever
• half

Examples of at all in a Sentence

wasn't at all pleased with the way the family portrait came out

Recent Examples on the Web

Was this really happening at all? —Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026

Democrats pushed for a three-year extension to the credits, while many Republicans favored either a one-year extension or none at all. —Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026

This, combined with the researchers’ other findings, seems to suggest that multimodal models barely use the visual inputs they are given at all and instead lean heavily on linguistic patterns even when being asked to analyze images. —Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026

Current lightning flash density maps may show no strikes at all, but that doesn’t mean the risk is gone. —Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for at all

• aldol
• armhole
• atoll
• awol
• backhaul
• banal
• baseball
• befall
• cabal
• catchall
• cecal
• centrale

Kids Definition

at all

adverb

ət-ˈȯl, 

ə-ˈtȯl, 

at-ˈȯl

: in any way : under any circumstances

will go anywhere at all

doesn't mind at all

not at all likely