tutt'al più
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “everything at most”. Compare French tout au plus.
Prepositional phrase
[edit]- at most, at worst
- Synonyms: al massimo, a dir tanto
- 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
- Potevi ribellarti solo disobbedendo in segreto o, tutt'al più, con atti isolati di violenza, uccidendo qualcuno o facendo saltare in aria qualcosa.
- You could only rebel against it by secret disobedience or, at most, by isolated acts of violence such as killing somebody or blowing something up.
- (literally, “You could rebel only by disobeying in secret or, at most, with isolated acts of violence, by killing someone or making something blow up.”)