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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a man at all" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize the existence or presence of a man in a particular context, often in a negative or questioning manner.
Example: "I can't believe he would treat her that way; is he even a man at all?"
Alternatives: "a man in any way" or "a man whatsoever".
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Is a man without his own name a man at all? "I'm afraid," he confesses.
Your basic problem is that when many people look at you they don't see a man at all.
Did she identify with Mary Jo's need to base her self-esteem on being with a man at all costs?
But the young man in the wig and sunglasses, it turns out, is not a man at all.
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A man rearing children in partnership with a woman is barely a man at all, but a man raising kids by himself is perfect.
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He's still a man at the end of all your denigration.
Might we finally arrive at the heart's heart, to find a flustered little crank behind a curtain, meekly admitting that he's not a bad man at all, just a very bad wizard?
For the oddest moment, she thought that David had pushed her, and was therefore not a nice man at all but a lunatic.
Looking at her father's face in the painting she is able to admit that he had really not been a gay man at all, but a retiring man who assumed ebullience to cheer himself up, and get along in a world he had no instinct to overwhelm.
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