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Adverb
de todo punto
- (idiomatic) entirely; completely
- Synonyms: por entero, enteramente
fue un éxito de todo punto- it was an all-round success
1604, Mateo Alemán, Atalaya de la vida humana, book III chapter IV:Los excesivos gastos de mi casa me la dejaron de todo punto vacía de joyas y dineros.- The overspending on my house left me entirely out of jewels and money.
1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo I”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:Es, pues, de saber que este sobredicho hidalgo, los ratos que estaba ocioso —que eran los más del año—, se daba a leer libros de caballerías, con tanta afición y gusto, que olvidó casi de todo punto el ejercicio de la caza y aun la administración de su hacienda; y llegó a tanto su curiosidad y desatino en esto, que vendió muchas hanegas de tierra de sembradura para comprar libros de caballerías en que leer, y, así, llevó a su casa todos cuantos pudo haber dellos.- You must know, then, that the above-named gentleman whenever he was at leisure (which was mostly all the year round) gave himself up to reading books of chivalry with such ardour and avidity that he almost entirely neglected the pursuit of his field-sports, and even the management of his property; and to such a pitch did his eagerness and infatuation go that he sold many an acre of tillageland to buy books of chivalry to read, and brought home as many of them as he could get.
1927, Rubén Darío, Semblanzas:recomienda una especie rara de flor o un delicioso licor exótico, que leáis Belkiss, […] que es de todo punto admirable- recommends a rare species of flower or a delicious exotic liquor, namely Belkiss, which is totally admirable
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