at all
Idioms-
In any way or manner, as in Is she able to sing at all?
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To any extent, as in Was she at all surprised?
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For any reason, as in Why bother at all?
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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.
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Tributes have been paid to De Miguel, who joined Tenerife in the summer of 2025, with a minute's silence being held at all games in European competitions this week.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Meanwhile, infertility treatment is often only partially covered by insurance, if at all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
“If there’s any growth scare at all, bonds are going to work as a ballast, as they always have,” Levine said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
None of these populations have yielded DNA, and until today none had yielded any molecular data at all.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
But as the months passed and Big Ben and the Observatory continued in perfect agreement, he went less regularly, and finally not at all.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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