Thesaurus / all-around
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Style B may be considered the ordinary eastern model, and a common style best adapted for all-around use.
THE BOY MECHANIC, BOOK 2VARIOUS
The tanks stopped over the trenches and blazed away right and left with their all-around traverse.
A YANKEE IN THE TRENCHESR. DERBY HOLMES
The most wholesome type of boat for all-around cruising and racing.
ON YACHT SAILINGTHOMAS FLEMING DAY
This contest was instituted in America in 1884 to give athletes an opportunity to demonstrate their ability in all-around work.
OUTDOOR SPORTS AND GAMESCLAUDE H. MILLER
His courage goes without saying, and, to sum him up, he is the most all-around handy man on earth.
THE HISTORY OF MINNESOTA AND TALES OF THE FRONTIERCHARLES E. FLANDRAU
I now engaged the coachman I had met before as my valet, and a very good, all-around, handy man he proved to be.
BIDWELL'S TRAVELS, FROM WALL STREET TO LONDON PRISONAUSTIN BIRON BIDWELL
For all-around riding and horsemanship, I think the West Point graduate is somewhat ahead of any of them.
HUNTING THE GRISLY AND OTHER SKETCHESTHEODORE ROOSEVELT
Jack is a fine example of the all-around American high-school boy.
THE LITTLE COLONEL'S CHRISTMAS VACATIONANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON
I was to be an all-around young woman; so they built a wall all around me.
A TOUCH OF SUN AND OTHER STORIESMARY HALLOCK FOOTE
He regarded himself as a universal favorite and all-around sunbeam.
WORDS RELATED TO ALL-AROUND
- across-the-board
- all-around
- all-embracing
- all-encompassing
- all-inclusive
- all-out
- blanket
- broad
- complete
- comprehensive
- exaggerated
- exhaustive
- extensive
- full
- general
- global
- inclusive
- indiscriminate
- out-and-out
- overall
- overdrawn
- overstated
- radical
- thorough
- thorough-going
- unqualified
- vast
- wall-to-wall
- whole-hog
- wholesale
- wide
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