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Antonyms for all-over


Grammar : Adj
Spell : awl
Phonetic Transcription : ɔl



Definition of all-over

Origin :
  • "covering every part," 1859, from all + over. All-overish "generally, indefinitely indisposed" is from 1820.
  • As in ubiquitous : adj ever-present
  • As in universal : adj worldwide, entire
  • As in pandemic : adj universal
Example sentences :
  • All-over diaper patterns may be varied in any number of ways.
  • Extract from : « Bookbinding, and the Care of Books » by Douglas Cockerell
  • What an all-over consciousness of "go-to-meetin'" fixins, in every lineament and limb!
  • Extract from : « Ginger-Snaps » by Fanny Fern
  • You know how these things happen: it was all-over in a minute: how are father and mother?
  • Extract from : « Catharine Furze » by Mark Rutherford
  • That's what she means by saying she's an all-at-once and an all-over person.
  • Extract from : « The Promise of Air » by Algernon Blackwood
  • A small, figured, all-over design is a good choice for a nursery.
  • Extract from : « Furnishing the Home of Good Taste » by Lucy Abbot Throop
  • But I'll step into the kitchen first and borrow two all-over aprons.
  • Extract from : « Green Valley » by Katharine Reynolds
  • On the "all-over" marquetry clock-cases there is a decided inclination to follow the designs found on contemporary delft ware.
  • Extract from : « Chats on Old Clocks » by Arthur Hayden
  • In what for convenience of expression we term the "all-over" period the marquetry-worker ran riot.
  • Extract from : « Chats on Old Clocks » by Arthur Hayden
  • Lately, however, printers have realized that single letters are like design units in an all-over pattern.
  • Extract from : « Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) » by Hugo B. Froehlich
  • In each of these, or in every other one, a simple unit could be placed, to make an "all-over" pattern.
  • Extract from : « Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) » by Hugo B. Froehlich

Synonyms for all-over

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