in every sense of the word
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[edit]Adverb
[edit]in every sense of the word (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) Used to add emphasis
- 1904 November, Fritz Cunliffe-Owen, “Germany's Next Emperor”, in Munsey's Magazine, volume 32, number 2, page 225:
- The prince is not a prig, nor yet a milksop, but in every sense of the word a manly young fellow .
- 1951, Herbert William Natzke, The constitutional dictatorship of Dr. Heinrich Bruening:
- He declared further that the depression had precipitated a crisis of democracy in every sense of the word.
- 1952, Report - Republic of South Africa, Provincial Administration of the Cape of Good Hope, Dept. of Nature Conservation, page 68:
- The East London Museum's motto, "No time like the present", has throughout the year been lived up to in every sense of the word.
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[edit]- “in every sense of the word”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.