Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

on all hands

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.13 in modern English

Syllables: on al-l hands
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

By more or less everybody; generally.

prep_phrase

From all sides; from every direction.

Example Sentences

"It was believed on all hands that the two of them were having an illicit affair."
"And it is on all Hands agreed that there is need of great Toil and Labour of the Mind, to Emancipate our Thoughts from particular Objects, and raiſe them to thoſe Sublime Speculations that are converſant about abſtract Ideas."
"’Tis acknovvledg’d on all hands, ſays that learned Prelate, that the Authority, either of the Scripture or of Tradition, is founded merely on the Teſtimony of the Apoſtles, vvho vvere Eye-vvitneſſes to thoſe Miracles of our Saviour, by vvhich he prov’d his divine Miſſion."

Questions

What does on all hands mean?: By more or less everybody; generally.

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