out and out

See also: out-and-out

English

Adverb

out and out (not comparable)

1. (dated) Completely; thoroughly.
   • 1921, Bernadotte Perrin (translator), "Tiberius and Caius Gracchus", Plutarch's Lives, Loeb Classics

     However, he soon saw that the senate was hostile to him out and out, and that the good will of Fannius towards him had lost his edge, and therefore again began to attach the multitude to himself by other laws […]

Usage notes

• Still used hyphenated as an adjective: out-and-out.