every whit Definition

every
adj

1. Each one or single of a number or collection; omitting none.

Thesaurus: each one, all, without exception.
2. The greatest or best possible.

Example: making every effort

adverb

1. At, in, or at the end of, each stated period of time or distance, etc.

Example: every fourth week
Example: every six inches

Idiom: every bit (every whit)

The whole; all of it; quite or entirely.

Idiom: every last

(used for emphasis) every.

Idiom: every man Jack (every mother's son)

Everyone without exception.

Idiom: every now and then (every now and again, every so often)

Occasionally; from time to time.
Thesaurus: sometimes, occasionally, once in a while, from time to time, every so often.

Idiom: every other ... (every second ...)

One out of every two (things) repeatedly (the first, third, fifth, etc or second, fourth, sixth, etc).
Example: comes every other day

Idiom: every which way

In every direction.

By method.

In disorder.

Idiom: have everything

colloq
To be well endowed with possessions, good looks, etc.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon æfre ælc ever each.