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All the same   /ɔl ðə seɪm/   Listen
All the same

adverb
1.
Despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession).  Synonyms: even so, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, still, withal, yet.  "While we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed" , "He was a stern yet fair master" , "Granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go"






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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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