the opposite of "only"

[optimistic pessimist]

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

 

[bhaisahab]

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

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

 

[2006]

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

2006

 

[konungursvia]

Perhaps "fully"?

 

[2006]

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

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

 

[bhaisahab]

Perhaps "fully"?

Yes, I didn't think of that. It's perhaps a bit dated as an expression, "fully 200 people/persons", but it certainly works.

 

[bhaisahab]

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

Yes, that's true.

 

[birdeen's call]

Perhaps "fully"?

Wow, thanks. I've been looking for this word for years.

 

[konungursvia]

Okay, then you must be very grateful, so why not send me some Polish sausages.

 

[birdeen's call]

Oh, you don't want them... :-( You probably have better Polish sausages in Canada than we do here in Poland. I hear Canadian Polonia is very traditional so I guess they won't play those dirty tricks on sausage that are so popular here! It's so sh**e these days...

 

[Pedroski]

There is a song called Jim Jones. I have it sung by Bob Dylan. Jim Jones is sentenced to be banished to Australia. (Frightening enough!)

....... but the soldiers on that convict ship were full five hundred strong.

 

[SoothingDave]

"Well over" usually implies a sense of the bigness of a crowd. "There were well over 200 people there."