the opposite of "only"

optimistic pessimist said:

Dear all,
If you say, "there were only 200 people in the audience", it means you think the number is small.

Then, what do you say when you want to emphasize the number is large?

If there's an opposite of "only", it would be easy. However, I don't know any of such word.

Thank you!

OP

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optimistic pessimist said:

Dear all,
If you say, "there were only 200 people in the audience", it means you think the number is small.
Then, what do you say when you want to emphasize the number is large?
If there were exactly 200 people, you can say something like 'There were a lot of people in the audience, 200 to be exact.'

If there were about 200 people, you can say something like 'There were a lot of people in the audience, perhaps 200 or more.
If there's an opposite of "only", it would be easy. However, I don't know any of such word. I don't know of one either.Thank you!

OP

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bhaisahab said:

"As many as", it's not one word but it means what you want to say.

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konungursvia said:

Perhaps "fully"?

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2006 said:

You can also say 'at least' or 'not less than'.

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konungursvia said:

Perhaps "fully"?

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