by all accounts meaning

• According to general opinion
• 
  [American slang]
  Go to according to all accounts

• according to all accounts:    [American slang]fr ...
• accounts:    [Business]noun ...
• abbreviated accounts:    [Business]noun [pl ...

Examples

1. by all accounts, grid computing is growing up
2. davis was a man, too, by all accounts, said silver
3. the best horse in rome by all accounts
4. i've never been there but it is, by all accounts, a lovely place
5. i've never been there but it is, by all accounts, a lovely place