ADVERB
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without question and beyond doubt
she told him off in spades
it was decidedly too expensive
by all odds they should win
How To Use in spades In A Sentence
- Beauty, intelligence, wealth - my mother had all of them in spades .
- In an encounter that had zing in spades, more than a few men found themselves falling early on as the fight to avoid failure tended towards the physical.
- The music is infused with Latin influence but retains mainstream tempo and rhythms - so no castanets but the laid back Spanish attitude of ‘mañana mañana’ is here in spades.
- There is a self-awareness to Airborne that can be heard in spades on the aptly titled swirly slow-burn of "Psychedelic Coffee Buzz". AvaxHome RSS:
- Grown-up gypsy chic can be found in spades there, where chiffon skirts offer a dressier alternative to cotton, alongside good-quality crochet shrugs in turquoise and raspberry.
- At first, I thought it was an invasive clump of montbretia, that bramble of the flowering perennial world which we have in spades. It's the green shoots of recovery - for cordyline palms anyway
- And I say this not out of gratitude to the speakers Richard Sambrook and Paul Youlten for their thoughtful contributions and nimble responsiveness – which I have in spades – butwith respect tothe level of insight and challenging thoughts coming from the assembled crowd. March « 2006 « Innovation Cloud
- It paid off in spades, and I am grateful to them both for rising to such a huge challenge.
- There are also only eleven spades available, however, so the opposing players may eventually become void in spades if the holder of the honour cards waits long enough before playing them.
- What is true for the developed world is true in spades for emerging markets.