by no means
(also not by any means)Definition
C1 not at all: It is by no means certain that we'll finish the project by June. This isn't the last we'll hear of it by any means.Yes, no and not
(Definition of by no means from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- absolutely adverb
- aye adverb
- check exclamation
- do bears shit in the woods? idiom
- hear, hear! idiom
- is the Pope a Catholic? idiom
- less determiner, pronoun, adverb
- nay adverb (NO)
- negative adjective (NO)
- negative noun (NO)
- no fear! idiom
- no such luck idiom
- no way idiom
- non- prefix
- none the worse, better, richer, etc. idiom
- nope adverb
- not that I know of idiom
- yah adverb
- yeh adverb
- yep adverb
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