放題 => doing as one pleases; to one's heart's content; leaving uncontrolled N1
よりいっそ => I'd rather... than... N2
Description
さっぱり…ない => nothing/ absolutely not… N2
Position, perspective
…とばかりおもっていた => Thought that ... N3
Speculation
てっきり...と思う => surely; certainly; without a doubt N3
さっぱりだ => There is nothing exciting or positive at all N2
Emphasize negative meaning
に限り/に限って/に限らず => only if N2
にあたり/にあたって => at the time; on the occasion of ~ N2
つもりだった => I thought I~; I believe I~; was planning to~; was intending to ~ N3
...なり...なり => [A] or [B] or~ N1
Selection
...なりなんなり... => any,anything,whatever N1
Vague
~ふり(~振り)      => to pretend; to act as if N3