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Even, more so, as in Painting the room white will make it all the lighter, or They liked her all the better for not pretending, or You don't care for dessert? Good, all the more for us. Used to underscore a comparison, this idiom was used by Shakespeare in As You Like It (1:2): “All the better; we shall be the more marketable.” [Late 1500s] For a synonym, see so much the.

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How to use all the in a sentence

  • It has durable imitation leather covering, metal parts are nickeled and it offers the daylight-all-the-way feature of the Kodaks.

    Kodaks and Kodak Supplies, 1914 | Canadian Kodak Company
  • Several recreation centers, all-the-year-round playgrounds, have been added since then.

    What eight million women want | Rheta Childe Dorr
  • Practice alone can make perfect, and experience is the more necessary because the cinematograph is an all-the-year-round machine.

    Practical Cinematography and Its Applications | Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot