Meaning of of all | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used as an intensifier with superlative forms of adjectives.
2. Used as an intensifier with nouns to denote being ultimate.
3. Marks a thing or person as a particularly unexpected or unwanted example of its category.

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Examples

“Best of all was the bicycle I got. First of all, I'd like⟳ to thank⟳ my agent. He was the greatest playwright of all.”

“Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have⟳ to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin⟳ to get⟳ queer, I suppose⟳.”

“Wolves, sensing the comeback of all comebacks was on the cards, kept pressing and set⟳ up an exciting finish⟳ when Ronald Zubar's header was judged to have⟳ crossed the line, even though it appeared that Nigel de Jong had successfully cleared the effort.”

“While on holiday in Spain, we ran into Mark⟳, of all people.”

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