for all the world

Definitions

Entirely, to all appearances.

idiomatic

Examples

“[…] not a ha'porth of him left but a goodish piece of his skin, just for all the world like⟳ a hedgehog's, and a piece o' old iron⟳ furbished up.”

“[…] Phil offering and giving advice sagely and gravely, for all the world as though he had been old enough to be this young woman's father […]”

“[…] the babies looking for all the world as though they had stepped out of pictures by Gian Bellini or by Fra Bartolommeo, that greatest of baby painters.”

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