By-all-accounts definition

(literally) According to all available accounts or reports.
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(idiomatic) According to everything that people have said.
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Origin of by-all-accounts

  • First attested in 1798.

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By-all-accounts Sentence Examples

  • Besides, Nota was the only member of the crime family who knew Dean's face and by all accounts he'd left Parkside some time ago.

  • He is by all accounts living a life that has made him the envy of millions of gamers around the world.

  • This princess grew up to marry the High King of Ireland, and was happy by all accounts.

  • The baron by all accounts is a poor creature.

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