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all of

  1. No less than, at least, as in Although she looked much younger, she was all of seventy . [First half of 1800s]

  2. The entire amount of something, as in The baby ate all of his cereal . This usage is relatively new, the word of being included only from about 1800 on.



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Example Sentences

All-of-a-sudden Jehosophat felt very funny near the pit of his stomach.

And if my feet are not afraid—my feet which bear weights of all-of-me—why should afraidness touch my spirit which is proud?

Therefore, when the State means power-to-do it means All-of-us, as brute force or as industrial force.

If we generalize this, it means that All-of-us ought to guarantee rights to each of us.

The-whites-regulate-all of-our-tastes-even-to-telling-us- who-are-our greatest-men-among-us.

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