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Meaning of in extenso | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B2

Definitions

At full length; unabbreviated.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“I had to quote all these passages in extenso.”
“Mr. Brett does not follow the examples set by White and Tudor and Smith of printing his leading cases in extenso.”
“There is a singular fascination in watching the eagerness with which the learned author ferrets out every circumstance which may throw discredit on his hero. […] Nothing has been too small to escape him, and you may be sure that if Charles Strickland left a laundry bill unpaid it will be given you in extenso, and if he forebore to return a borrowed half-crown no detail of the transaction will be omitted.”
“When read in extenso and without translation, the choice of words, style and sentiment of the letters reflect the influence on the writers […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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