I was born to speak all mirth and no matter.
Shak.
All the whole, the whole (emphatically). [Obs.] "All the whole army." Shak.
All, adv. 1. Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. "And cheeks all pale." Byron.
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In the ancient phrases, all too dear, all too much, all so long, etc., this word retains its appropriate sense or becomes intensive.