at all

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 If the alarm sounds weak or low or doesn’t come on at all, replace the batteries. Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2025 The legislation required various policies and procedures to be put in place at all public schools to protect students. Mikelle Street, Them., 31 Oct. 2025 China, that whole situation, that roadblock is gone now, there’s no roadblock at all on rare earth. Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025 Like a 35-footer, fading away for no real reason at all. Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for at all
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Adverb
  • At least 19 people have lost their lives in Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa, which battered the island this week as the most powerful storm to ever hit the Caribbean nation.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
  • For most of modern American history, the only legal place to bet was Nevada, and that was seldom, if ever, the place cheaters chose to place their bets.
    David Hill, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Smith’s ever-present sense of destiny, her mystical optimism, and her penchant for rebellion make for reminiscences that can sound at once bombastic and humble, half-invented and visceral.
    Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Narnia is a unique, split-faced British shorthair living in Paris with fur that is half black and half gray.
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025

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“At all.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/at%20all. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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