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All the same   /ɔl ðə seɪm/   Listen
adverb
All  adv.  
1.
Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. "And cheeks all pale." Note: In the ancient phrases, all too dear, all too much, all so long, etc., this word retains its appropriate sense or becomes intensive.
2.
Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.) (Obs. or Poet.) "All as his straying flock he fed." "A damsel lay deploring All on a rock reclined."
All to, or All-to. In such phrases as "all to rent," "all to break," "all-to frozen," etc., which are of frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to have commonly been regarded as forming a compound adverb, equivalent in meaning to entirely, completely, altogether. But the sense of entireness lies wholly in the word all (as it does in "all forlorn," and similar expressions), and the to properly belongs to the following word, being a kind of intensive prefix (orig. meaning asunder and answering to the LG. ter-, HG. zer-). It is frequently to be met with in old books, used without the all. Thus Wyclif says, "The vail of the temple was to rent:" and of Judas, "He was hanged and to-burst the middle:" i. e., burst in two, or asunder.
All along. See under Along.
All and some, individually and collectively, one and all. (Obs.) "Displeased all and some."
All but.
(a)
Scarcely; not even. (Obs.)
(b)
Almost; nearly. "The fine arts were all but proscribed."
All hollow, entirely, completely; as, to beat any one all hollow. (Low)
All one, the same thing in effect; that is, wholly the same thing.
All over, over the whole extent; thoroughly; wholly; as, she is her mother all over. (Colloq.)
All the better, wholly the better; that is, better by the whole difference.
All the same, nevertheless. "There they (certain phenomena) remain rooted all the same, whether we recognize them or not." "But Rugby is a very nice place all the same." See also under All, n.






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"All the same" Quotes from Famous Books



... praise, or blame, Or pass it without comment, as may seem To you most meet; with me 'tis all the same. I hymn because I must, and not for greed ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 32, June, 1860 • Various

... after you have mustered your industrial army into service," I said, "that I should expect the chief difficulty to arise, for there its analogy with a military army must cease. Soldiers have all the same thing, and a very simple thing, to do, namely, to practice the manual of arms, to march and stand guard. But the industrial army must learn and follow two or three hundred diverse trades and avocations. What ...
— Looking Backward - 2000-1887 • Edward Bellamy

... is nothing that provokes laughter more than a disappointed lover, who rolls his eyes about and looks woe-begone. And, then, you-see, suffering is a human law; the world is an arena, life is a conflict. Material obstacles, moral griefs, all hinder and overwhelm us. We must go on, though, all the same, and fight. Those who give in are trodden down! ...
— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet

... it is meet That we should meet at such a time, Each other and our host to greet,— Or guest, 'tis all the same ...
— The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland • Various

... when you were at home I lived very much my own life, and only saw you at meals and for an hour or so of an evening; therefore, your being established here will make but little difference in my life, and, indeed, whenever I feel lonely I can ride over here for a day or two. I thank you all the same, Edgar; but, at any rate, for the present I will continue to live at St. Alwyth. I have the good prior, who often comes in for a talk with me in the evening, and makes me heartily welcome should I, as I do sometimes, go to the ...
— A March on London • G. A. Henty


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