Antonyms for in spades
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : speyd |
| Phonetic Transcription : speɪd |
Definition of in spades
Origin :- "tool for digging," Old English spadu, from Proto-Germanic *spadon (cf. Old Frisian spada, Middle Dutch spade, Old Saxon spado, Middle Low German spade, German Spaten), from PIE *spe- "long, flat piece of wood" (cf. Greek spathe "wooden blade, paddle," Old English spon "chip of wood, splinter," Old Norse spann "shingle, chip").
- To call a spade a spade "use blunt language, call things by right names" (1540s) translates a Greek proverb (known to Lucian), ten skaphen skaphen legein "to call a bowl a bowl," but Erasmus mistook Greek skaphe "trough, bowl" for a derivative of the stem of skaptein "to dig," and the mistake has stuck.
- As in decidedly : adv certainly
Synonyms for in spades
- absolutely
- bloody
- by all means
- clearly
- decisively
- determinedly
- distinctly
- downright
- emphatically
- flat out
- for a fact
- in spades
- no catch
- no holds barred
- no ifs ands or buts
- no mistake
- no strings attached
- of course
- positively
- powerful
- real
- really
- right
- straight out
- strongly
- sure
- surely
- terribly
- terrifically
- unequivocally
- unmistakably
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