Usually means: All at once; altogether completely.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. holus-bolus: Merriam-Webster
  2. holus-bolus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. holus-bolus, holus-bolus: Collins English Dictionary
  4. holus-bolus: Wordnik
  5. holus-bolus: Wiktionary
  6. holus-bolus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. holus-bolus: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. holus-bolus: Dictionary.com
  9. holus-bolus: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. holus-bolus: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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▸ adverb:  All together; entirely; without modification.

Similar:
altogether, all of, wholewise, generally, togetherly, merely, outright, in its entirety, perfectly, fully, more...

Opposite:
piecemeal, gradual, incremental, step-by-step

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Similar:
altogether, all of, wholewise, generally, togetherly, merely, outright, in its entirety, perfectly, fully, more...

Opposite:
piecemeal, gradual, incremental, step-by-step



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