Definition of All along

1. Adverb. All the time or over a period of time. "The hope had been there all along"

Exact synonyms: Right Along

Definition of All along

1. Adverb. (context: duration idiomatic) For the entire time; always. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of All Along

all-seater stadium
all-seeing
all-star
all-terrain bike
all-time
all-trans-retinal
all-trans retinoic acid
all-up
all-up service
all-up services
all-up weight
all-victorious
all-weather
all-you-can-eat
all ages
all along (current term)
all and sundry
all around
all arounder
all at once
all bark and no bite
all bets are off
all but
all but dissertation
all caps
all cats are gray at night
all cats are gray in the dark
all cats are grey at night
all cats are grey in the dark
all clear

Literary usage of All along

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"De over Night, and rid all along to Cythera, leaving the Horse encamped G^.™.' half Way betwcen that Towne and Paphos. Whilst they were at Cy- Limerick. ..."

2. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1862)
"Concerning the Italian War which simultaneously on, all along. War in Italy, — the Spanish Termagant very high in her Anti-Pragmatic notions, ..."

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