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Meaning of on all hands | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. By more or less everybody; generally.
  2. From all sides; from every direction.

Examples

“It was believed on all hands that the two of them were having an illicit affair.”
“And it is on all Hands agreed that there is need of great Toil and Labour of the Mind, to Emancipate our Thoughts from particular Objects, and raiſe them to thoſe Sublime Speculations that are converſant about abſtract Ideas.”
“’Tis acknovvledg’d on all hands, ſays that learned Prelate, that the Authority, either of the Scripture or of Tradition, is founded merely on the Teſtimony of the Apoſtles, vvho vvere Eye-vvitneſſes to thoſe Miracles of our Saviour, by vvhich he prov’d his divine Miſſion.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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