as all hell

adverb

To a great extent or degree; very.

Meanings

adverbas all hell (not comparable)
  1. not comparablesimileTo a great extent or degree; very.

    Her husband puts both hands on her shoulders, and she rubs her face against first one hand, then the other, sensuous as all hell.

    2004, Kate Cann, Spanish Holiday: Or, How I Transformed the Worst Vacation Ever Into the Best Summer of My Life, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 72
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    I'd make her calm down, and then I'd go over to the other side of the living room and take out this cigarette case and light a cigarette, cool as all hell.

    1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 265

    Synonyms: as anything, as hell, as fuck

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbTo a great extent or degree; very.

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