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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