holus-bolus adverb.
[hǝʊlǝs'bǝʊlǝs] Orig.
dial. M19.[Origin uncertain: pseudo-L for 'whole bolus' or joc. repr. assumed Greek holos bōlos whole lump (see BOLUS).]All in a lump, altogether.
Times An insurance company can be swallowed holus-bolus like a sprat by a hungry predator. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲