AT ALL Definition & Meaning

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at all

In the slightest degree, under any circumstances, as in She simply refused to walk at all . This construction often occurs in the negative, as in He was not at all frightened . All four senses of this phrase date from the mid-1300s.
To any extent, as in Was she at all surprised?
For any reason, as in Why bother at all?
In any way or manner, as in Is she able to sing at all?

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And many of the impacts didn’t involve the virus at all but instead the indirect, yet just as toxic, effects of the pandemic on society.

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"When you sit behind a screen all day, it makes you a woman. Studies have shown this," said a still-male Watters as he sat behind the camera screen he stares at all day.

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"You'll see videos saying, 'You have to be a man', and that if you talk about how you feel then you're not a man at all," Adam says.

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"The fact I am standing here at all is no thanks to my own efforts, but to the people who have supported me," she said in her acceptance speech.

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"He was very gentle. He wasn't at all aggressive. I could never imagine him being nasty or anything like that. He came over very mild," she said.

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