all in all

English

Etymology

Adverb

all in all (not comparable)

(modal, set phrase) Generally, all things considered
All in all, it's not a bad little restaurant.

Synonyms

(generally): for the most part, mostly, on the whole, altogether, in all, summa summarum; see also Thesaurus:mostly

Translations

generally

Chinese:
Mandarin: 總的來說 (zh), 总的来说 (zh) (zǒng de lái shuō), 總而言之 (zh), 总而言之 (zh) (zǒng'éryánzhī)
Danish: alt i alt
Dutch: al met al (nl)
Finnish: kaiken kaikkiaan (fi), kaikkiaan (fi)
French: l'un dans l'autre (fr), tout compte fait (fr)
Galician: en xeral

German: alles in allem
Greek: όταν ληφθούν όλα υπόψιν (ótan lifthoún óla ypópsin)
Italian: tutto sommato (it), nel complesso
Korean: 일반적으로 (ilbanjeogeuro)
Norwegian: alt i alt
Portuguese: de todo
Russian: в о́бщем (ru) (v óbščem), в це́лом (ru) (v célom), в ито́ге (ru) (v itóge), в коне́чном счёте (v konéčnom sčóte)

Noun

all in all (uncountable)

Everything that matters; the only thing of importance.
- 1828, Constantine Henry Phipps Marquess of Normanby, Yes and No: a Tale of the Day, page 12:
  Her mother had been all in all to her: she had never seemed to have any separate existence from that of her child.

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