used for emphasis when you are saying or asking whether something is even slightly true, especially after words such as ‘any’, ‘anything’, ‘anyone’, or ‘nothing’
Has the situationimproved at all?
You don’t have any money at all?
He doesn’t know anything at all about computers.
Synonyms and related words
Ways of adding emphasis to questions
whatever
whenever
whoever
at all
phrase
Other entries for this word
all at oncephrase
not at allphrase
all at seaphrase
at all costsphrase
at all timesphrase
in no time (at all)phrase
DEFINITIONS1
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used for emphasis when you are saying or asking whether something is even slightly true, especially after words such as “any,” “anything,” “anyone,” or “nothing”