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ˌall ˈround, all-round, phr. used as adv., prep., and a.
[See all C 9.]
A. adv. Everywhere around; affecting equally every one in a circle or company. In a complete circuit; so as to include all the parts of anything, or every member of a circle or company.
1728E. Chambers Cycl. s.v. Foundry, They first loosen them a little all round, with a small cutting Instrument. 1861Baily's Monthly Mag. July 140 A stronger Eleven ‘all round’ never came from Cambridge. 1871R. H. Hutton Ess. (ed. 2) I. Pref. 15 Revelation is a light on God's character, taken all round. 1882Tennyson, Hands all round! God the traitor's hope confound! a1884Mod. To make things pleasant all round. 1959H. P. Tritton Time means Tucker 7 Work was scarce and wages low, and conditions all-round were tough.
B. prep. Around all the parts of, round in every direction.
1805in Nicolas Disp. (1845) VII. 209 note, Cutter's head all round the compass during the night.
C. adj. Including everything in a given circle, affecting everyone or everything alike; equally developed all round. an all-round man: one who is ‘good all around,’ or has ability in all departments.
1867Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Aug. 15 A particularly good all round cricketer. 1869Notes on N.W. Prov. Ind. 98 We find an all-round rent of so much per acre charged on the cultivation. a1883Angler's Souvenir 270 Very few anglers are ‘all round’ men—i.e. devote themselves to the pursuit of all branches of angling alike. 1895W. James Coll. Ess. & Rev. (1920) 403 We find the all-round men like Washington, Cavour, and Gladstone. 1958New Statesman 6 Dec. 802/3 An excellent all-round performance by the Guildford Repertory Company.
Hence ˌall-ˈroundness, the quality of being all-round; all-round nature or quality (cf. all-aroundness).
1914W. E. Beet Mediaeval Papacy ii. 43 The most striking feature of Gregory's character and work was its all-roundness. 1950A. Huxley Themes & Variations 47 Doubting the inevitability and all-roundness of progress, Biran began to feel very dubious about that Future to which the Liberals looked forward with such sanguine hope. |