at all

adverb

Definition of at allnext
as in ever
in any way or respect wasn't at all pleased with the way the family portrait came out

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Recent Examples of at all On a network like this, rule-breaking often isn’t aggressive at all. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026 Once airborne, kilometers from shore, where coastal boat traffic becomes sparse, cameras and other sensors help spot slower vessels that would have the right of way at all times. — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2026 At the Shrine, though, each song was still a startling feat of storytelling — a raw wound that somehow hadn’t healed at all. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 Trump may never have been President at all if not for the Party’s fatal overconfidence about him, in 2016. — Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for at all
Recent Examples of Synonyms for at all
  1. ever
  2. half
Adverb
  • The ultra-wealthy may have more peers than ever before, but DiFuria and Goldbart said many of them feel cut off.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Antonelli is on track to break a record set in 2010 by Sebastian Vettel, who became the youngest-ever world champion in a title-deciding thriller.
    — Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of ever
Adverb
  • Towns McGough then made a half-ending field goal to put Cal up 20-17.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Among Americans who believe AI harms society, roughly half use AI chatbots at least weekly.
    — Will Johnson, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of half

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“At all.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/at%20all. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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