all things considered
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Of course some areas are more dangerous than others, but all things considered Glasgow is quite a safe place to live.
synonyms: word: all in all
word: by and large
word: for the most part
word: in the main
word: on balance
word: on the whole
word: all in all
word: all things considered
word: altogether
word: as a rule
word: basically
word: by and large
word: chiefly
word: feckly
word: for the most part
word: generally
word: in the main
word: largely
word: mainly
word: mostly
word: on the whole
word: overall
word: predominantly
word: pretty well
word: primarily
word: principally
word: all things considered
word: altogether
word: at large
word: as a whole
word: broadly
word: catholicly
word: in general
word: generally
word: generically
word: overall
word: universally
glosses: Generally speaking; in terms of the big picture.
examples: text: Though only a few people attended the premiere, all things considered the play was rather a success.
text: “[…] and all things considered, I don't much regret that this affair with Miss Amory is manquée, though I wished for it once—in fact, all things considered, I am very glad of it.”
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XXXVII, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume II, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 356:
text: Yet, all things considered, she was not of an evil mind or an unkindly disposition.
ref: 1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC, book the, page 159:
text: All things considered, he would not have been such a bad match for Ida, only that I knew the child did not really care about him, and there was Georgie breaking her proud, patient little heart for his sake, and nobody saw it but one old woman, who had been through it all herself, and knew what it meant.
ref: 1876, Henrietta H. Holdich, “My Georgie”, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Harper & Brothers, page 421:
synonyms: word: actually
word: as a matter of fact
word: in fact
word: overall
word: actually
word: all things considered
word: as a matter of fact
word: by right
word: come to think of it
word: fact is
word: forsooth
word: frankly
word: honestly
word: in actuality
word: in fact
word: in faith
word: in point of fact
word: in reality
word: in truth
word: indeed
word: literally
word: properly
word: really
word: right
word: simply
word: soothfast
word: soothly
word: to tell the truth
word: truly
word: truthfully
word: verily
word: wis
glosses: Despite possible indications to the contrary.
examples: text: Although rationing was strict, they had a couple of chickens and a vegetable patch and they ate well, all things considered.
text: We had a good stock of tea, with which we treated our friends, as above, and we lived very cheerfully and well, all things considered.
ref: 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC:
text: Jurgis lost his temper very little, however, all things considered.
ref: 1905 April–October, Upton Sinclair, chapter VII, in The Jungle, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 26 February 1906, →OCLC:
synonyms: nevertheless
otherwise
considering
glosses: Given the constraints of the situation; relative to what would have been understandable.