all of

all of

English

Adverb

all of (not comparable)

1. Merely; only; no more or less than; neither more nor better than might be expected.

   I don't know why he was so impressed with our previous boss; he lasted all of ten days in the position.

2. Entirely, completely, in a specified state.

   I was all of a dither when he asked me to marry him.

   • 1816, Thomas Bayly Howell, A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors:

     I was not there long, for I was all of a fright when I was there.

Derived terms

• all of a heap

Translations

merely

Chinese: Mandarin: 只 (zh) (zhǐ), 只不過／只不过 (zh) (zhǐbuguò) Finnish: vain (fi) French: en tout et pour tout (fr) Japanese: 全ての　(subete no) Korean: please add this translation if you can Russian: всего́ (ru) (vsevó), то́лько (ru) (tólʹko) Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• fallo, of all