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على الإطلاق absolutely, unrestrictedly, without exception, in any respect, under any circumstances
Root: ط-ل-ق
Page: 663*
Example: “لَم يَنالوا قِسْطاً مِن التَّعْليمَ عَلى الإطْلاقِ”
Translation: “they did not receive any education at all”
* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
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