six ways to Sunday
Completely, all ways
Six ways to Sunday means thoroughly, completely, or in every possible way.
The phrase emphasizes exhaustiveness—if you've tried something six ways to Sunday, you've attempted every approach: I've analyzed this problem six ways to Sunday and still can't solve it.
Often appears with verbs of effort or defeat: They beat us six ways to Sunday.
- thoroughlyIn complete detail
- through and throughEntirely, in all respects
- exhaustivelyIn complete, thorough manner
- completelyTo the fullest extent
- from top to bottomCovering full vertical range
extensively · meticulously · comprehensively · fully · every which way · entirely · by hook or by crook · inside out · wholly · from pillar to post · in spades · utterly · back and forth · totally · up and down · absolutely · all over the map · at every turn
six ways to Sundaybarely
Only just, almost not
incompletely · hardly · halfway · partially · superficially
six ways to Sundayjust barely
scarcely · minimally · slightly · a little · a little bit
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