is all
English edit
Etymology edit
From that is all.
Adverb edit
is all (not comparable)
- (Canada, US, colloquial) That is all; only, just and nothing more. [from 20th c.]
- 2011, Helen DeWitt, Lightning Rods, And Other Stories 2013, p. 128:
- All you have to do is ask it the right question is all.
- 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
- “Rat poison. Mmm. A nice lingering death!” added Burt with a breathy laugh. “They just taste a bit funny afterwards, is all.”
- 2011, Helen DeWitt, Lightning Rods, And Other Stories 2013, p. 128:
Usage notes edit
Always said at the end of a sentence.
Translations edit
that is all