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Definition of After all
1. Adverb. Emphasizes something to be considered. "He is, after all, our president"
2. Adverb. In spite of expectations. "It didn't rain after all"
Definition of After all
1. Adverb. (&lit after all) ¹
2. Adverb. (idiomatic) Anyway, in any case; (non-gloss definition indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.) ¹
3. Adverb. (idiomatic) In the end, however; (non-gloss definition used in referring to something that was believed to be the case, but is not; or to an outcome that is not what was expected or predicted.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of After All
Literary usage of After all
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane (1900)
"I thought a course they was all dead, but, laws, they kep* a-comin' back last
night until it seems, after all, we didn't lose but a few. ..."
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