head and shoulders
adverb
Roget 684:
with haste,
with all haste,
with breathless speed;
in haste
etc.
adj.;
apace
etc.
(swiftly)
274;
amain†;
all at once
etc.
(instantaneously)
113;
at short notice
&c.;
immediately
etc.
(early)
132;
posthaste;
by cable,
by express,
by telegraph,
by forced marches.
hastily,
precipitately
etc.
adj.;
helter-skelter,
hurry-skurry†,
holus-bolus;
slapdash,
slap-bang;
full-tilt,
full drive;
heels over head,
head and shoulders,
headlong,
a corps perdu [Fr.].
by fits and starts,
by spurts;
hop skip and jump.
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Roget 52:
completely
etc.
adj.;
altogether,
outright,
wholly,
totally,
in toto,
quite;
all out;
over head and ears;
effectually,
for good and all,
nicely,
fully,
through thick and thin,
head and shoulders;
neck and heel,
neck and crop;
in all respects,
in every respect;
at all points,
out and out,
to all intents and purposes;
toto coelo [Lat.];
utterly;
clean,
clean as a whistle;
to the full,
to the utmost,
to the backbone;
hollow,
stark;
heart and soul,
root and branch,
down to the ground.
to the top of one's bent,
as far as possible,
a outrance†.
throughout;
from first to last,
from beginning to end,
from end to end,
from one end to the other,
from Dan to Beersheba,
from head to foot,
from top to toe,
from top to bottom,
de fond en comble [Fr.];
a fond,
a capite ad calcem [Lat.],
ab ovo usque ad mala [Lat.],
fore and aft;
every,
whit,
every inch;
cap-a-pie,
to the end of the chapter;
up to the brim,
up to the ears,
up to the eyes;
as a as can be.
on all accounts;
sous tous les rapports [Fr.];
with a vengeance,
with a witness.
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