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Having no specialty or particular purpose
“A basic claw hammer is an all-around tool for pounding things.”
Stated in indefinite terms or without specifics
“Erica Harper provides a good all-around overview of human rights sources and their applicability.”
Encompassing all possible facets or purposes
“By this method, and this method only, can the jury decide intelligently which designer has achieved the best all-around solution to the problem.”
Able to do many things
“This informal title, designating the recipient as Scotland's best all-around athlete, had been dominated by Donald Dinnie during the previous two decades.”
On all sides
“The most daring women may have adopted the French style, in which the hair was cut quite short and spiky all-around.”
Marked by a person's overall balance in skill and ability from a performance
Having a balanced variety of attributes
Held by, or applicable to, a majority of the people in an area or country
Common or widely distributed in or to all places
With everything taken into consideration
“He's really smart, all-around. He's crazy about the MythBusters. Do you ever watch that?”
On all sides, in every direction
Over a great distance or large area
Everywhere throughout a given area or region
Covering or extending over an area
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