out and out
See also: out-and-out
English
Adverb
out and out (not comparable)
- (dated) Completely; thoroughly.
- 1921, Bernadotte Perrin (translator), "Tiberius and Caius Gracchus", Plutarch's Lives, Loeb Classics
- However, he soon saw that the senate was hostile to him out and out, and that the good will of Fannius towards him had lost his edge, and therefore again began to attach the multitude to himself by other laws […]
- 1921, Bernadotte Perrin (translator), "Tiberius and Caius Gracchus", Plutarch's Lives, Loeb Classics
Usage notes
- Still used hyphenated as an adjective: out-and-out.