all that

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all that

noun

  1. uncountable That and everything similar; all of that kind of thing; and so on; et cetera. Near-synonyms: and all that, and that, and all, and stuff

    Similar: all that jazz, and all that, and that, and all, and stuff

pronoun

  1. The exact amount, quantity, or level referred to. She's not as smart as all that.

adjective

  1. US, dated, not comparable, slang Of especially good quality; particularly excellent. ... due to the fact that the operators on the third shift at Kennedy were not all that—you know, they weren't the A Team—they had gotten themselves in a sequence where they dropped power on the vehicle.

adverb

  1. idiomatic, in negative constructions Very. We do not have all that much time to finish.

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@misc{all_that_2026,
  title = {all that},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/all%20that},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}