of all things

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of all things

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  1. idiomatic Especially; more than other things.
  2. idiomatic, often, used as a sentence adverb Surprisingly. He reached into his pocket and pulled out, of all things, an ice cream cone.

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prep_phrase more than other things, especially, exactly (that thing)

日本語よりによって yori ni yotte, 事もあろうに koto mo arō ni
中文偏偏 piānpiān
Русскийи́менно ímenno, да ещё и da ješčó i

prep_phrase Surprisingly

Deutschausgerechnet
Русскийкто бы мог поду́мать kto by mog podúmatʹ

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@misc{of_all_things_2026,
  title = {of all things},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/of%20all%20things},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}