Definition of "all the same" [all the same]

• Anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless. (adverb)

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• "The shanty homes were all the same pale brown color, built with board-and-batten siding and tar-paper roofs, but at least there were children my age there."
• "The effect of this inhibition is such that the proverbial observer from Mars would conclude from pseudocommunity that while human beings look very different on the outside, they are all the same on the inside."
• "Inside were all the same sorts of useless treasures she had saved as a child: an orange plastic keychain in the shape of a crab, a rusty ball-bearing, a brass key gone to green, assorted marbles and coins."