All but
All but adverb - Very close to but not completely.
To some extent and all but are semantically related. In some cases you can use "To some extent" instead an adverb phrase "All but".
To some extent
All but and to some extent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "All but" instead an adverb phrase "To some extent".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- part and all but
- part and to some extent
- nearly and all but
- nearly and to some extent
- almost and all but
- almost and to some extent
- somewhat and all but
- somewhat and to some extent
- rather and all but
- rather and to some extent
- half and all but
- half and to some extent
- fairly and all but
- fairly and to some extent
Both terms in one sentence
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All but the best writers end up giving in to this to some extent.
Source: Scary Dogmatic Aliens - Indeed, Tyrion Lannister who becomes a slave after his ship to Yunkai is captured notes that slaves in Essos are to some extent treated better than smallfolk in Westeros and as far as he's concerned being a peasant in Westeros is being a slave in all but name.
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