of a piece

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(all) of a piece

sharing the same basic characteristics or ideas. Willner edited the music to make the different parts seem all of a piece.

Usage notes: often followed by with: His attitude toward imagination was very much of a piece with his attitude toward existence.

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*The exact definition of a piece of matter as a construction will be given later. The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand View in context All around me seemed to be in a state of inextricable confusion, out of which order finally appeared in the shape of a piece of cambric, of a quality that brought the workmen far and near to visit it. Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context You have a character that's all of a piece, and you want the whole of life to be of a piece too--but that's not how it is. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context More results

References in classic literature

*The exact definition of a piece of matter as a construction will be given later.

The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand View in context

All around me seemed to be in a state of inextricable confusion, out of which order finally appeared in the shape of a piece of cambric, of a quality that brought the workmen far and near to visit it.

Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context

You have a character that's all of a piece, and you want the whole of life to be of a piece too--but that's not how it is.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

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