all the same

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Adjective

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  1. Making no significant difference.
    Near-synonym: all one
    It's all the same to me if you want to leave early.Category:English terms with usage examples#ALLTHESAME
    Certainly, many women have found me interesting. All the same, the women closest to me are invariably deeply dissatisfied.Category:English terms with usage examples#ALLTHESAME
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all,‎ same.

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Adverb

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  1. (idiomaticCategory:English idioms#ALLTHESAME) Anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless.
    Synonyms: even so, just the same, still, withal; see also Thesaurus:nevertheless
    He knew it was risky. He did it all the same.Category:English terms with usage examples#ALLTHESAME
    It's sleeting. All the same, I'll take the dog out.Category:English terms with usage examples#ALLTHESAME
    • 1989 February 5, Colin Robinson, “You Dared Us To Dream That We Are Worth Wanting Each Other”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 29, page 10:
      So GCN calls and I'm thinking — what can I say in the pages of an anti-racist, but all the same White newspaper? What will I choose not to say?
      Category:English terms with quotations#ALLTHESAME
    • 1996, “Cosmic Girl”, in Travelling Without Moving, performed by Jamiroquai:
      It's a distant solar system / I tried to phone but they don't list 'em / So I asked her for a number all the same
      Category:English terms with quotations#ALLTHESAME

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