at a stroke

Meaning

at a stroke

Alternative form of at one stroke

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Synonyms

suddenly all at once of a sudden

Antonyms

next afterward consecutively casually lazily stepwise
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Examples

In France, a chemist named Pilatre de Rozier tested the flammability of hydrogen by gulping a mouthful and blowing across an open flame, proving at a stroke that hydrogen is indeed explosively combustible and that eyebrows are not necessarily a permanent feature of one's face. Bill Bryson

Words in the phrase

at a stroke

Close letter words and terms

at a soup kitchen at a stand at a stretch at a subsequent time at a summer camp at a time