Meaning of at all in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Adverb
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Adverb

    at all

    Definitions

    1. in the slightest degree or in any respect

    Examples

    • « Are you at all interested? No, not at all »
    • « was not in the least unfriendly »

Famous quotes

  • « Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all. »
    John Kenneth Galbraith
  • « Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war. »
    George S. Patton
  • « The Christian of the future will be a mystic or he will not exist at all. »
    Karl Rahner
  • « For some reason, people find me funny. It's quite hard to define why a thought is funny. It's even harder to define why a person would be funny. It's a word that I can't define at all. But whether I know quite what it is or not, I seem to be it. »
    Wallace Shawn
  • « Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all. »
    Norman Vincent Peale

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