| Learning / English Dictionary |
AT ALL
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In the slightest degree or in any respect
Example:
was not in the least unfriendly
Synonyms:
at all; in the least; the least bit
Classified under:
Context examples:
But, however, he did not admire her at all; indeed, nobody can, you know; and he seemed quite struck with Jane as she was going down the dance.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Its wild water defied the frost, and it was in the eddies only and in the quiet places that the ice held at all.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Some women have no symptoms at all.
(Endometriosis, NIH)
A particular kind of diastereoisomers that differ in their stereochemistry at only one chiral center; the stereochemistry at all other chiral centers is identical.
(Epimeric, NCI Thesaurus)
Some people do not notice symptoms at all.
(Diabetes Type 2, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
This protein is expressed in T lymphocytes at all stages of development.
(Deltex Homolog 1, NCI Thesaurus)
The congenic strain and the inbred partner are expected to be identical at all loci except for the transferred locus and a linked segment of chromosome.
(Congenic Strain, NCI Thesaurus)
The comparison group receives a placebo, another treatment, or no treatment at all.
(Controlled clinical trial, NCI Dictionary)
And "stomach flu" isn't really flu at all, but gastroenteritis.
(Flu, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Don't rub the frostbitten area with snow or massage it at all. This can cause more damage.
(Frostbite, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
