all in all

Speech parts

1. all in all - Noun

2. all in all - Adverb

3. all in all - Phrase

Meaning

with everything considered (and neglecting details)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

altogether on the whole mostly for the most part in all lastly in the end generally finally largely overall ultimately predominantly conclude collectively
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Antonyms

firstly almost originally primarily initially slightly
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Examples

Back to him she would never go, but in her lonely life still lived the sweet memory of that happy time when she believed in him and he was all in all to her. Louisa May Alcott

He that will deserve the name of a Christian must be such a man as excelleth through the knowledge of Christ and His doctrine; in modesty and righteousness of mind, in constancy of life, in virtuous fortitude, and in maintaining sincere piety toward the one and the only God, who is all in all. Eusebius of Caesarea

All in all is all we are. Kurt Cobain

How many falling stars does it take to wake a nation? And trample through your head and lay your mind out on the pavement Confusing and consuming all in all it complicates me. Dhani Harrison

For nature then (The coarser pleasures of my boyish days, And their glad animal movements all gone by) To me was all in all.-I cannot paint What then I was. William Wordsworth

All in all this is a difficult political struggle which will go on for years, in which our people won't die anymore; I'm not sure how much we will be able to win, but I'm certain that we won't loose anything that we have now. Alija Izetbegović

Words in the phrase

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Close letter words and terms

all in all in a day's work all in a lifetime all in good time all in once all in one go