tout à fait
Americanadverb
adverb
Example Sentences
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"The merest John Trot in a week you shall see Bien poli, bien frizé, tout à fait un Marquis."
From English Travellers of the Renaissance by Clare Howard
But the Turkish doctor refused, assuring him, in French, that it was tout à fait stérilizé, absolutely sterilized.
From A Prisoner in Turkey by John Still
We have been exploring the quaint little cafés of Paris, with results tout à fait étonnants.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 19, 1919 by Various
"But though we could not seize his person," said the Captain, "we have debarrassed ourselves tout à fait from his pursuit; I hope, therefore, Miss Larolles will make a revoke of her apprehensions."
From Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 2 by Fanny Burney
The poet, moreover, speaks of bronze tools, axes and knives, in other parts of the Iliad; neither tools nor bronze tools constitute un sujet tout à fait nouveau.
From Homer and His Age by Andrew Lang
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