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[ adverb ] (informal) definitely not
Synonyms Examples "the prize is by no means certain" "and that isn't all, not by a long sight" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)Modern man , as Dietrich_Bonhoeffer has told us , has `` come_of_age '' ; and though this process by_no_means represents an unambiguous gain and is , in_fact , marked by the estrangement from the depths that seems to be the cost of human maturation , it is still a positive step forward ; and those of us who so richly benefit from it should be the last to despise it . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Here is truly a `` Great Recording of the Century '' , and its greatness is by_no_means diminished by the fact that it is not quite perfect . (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)By_no_means . By_no_means are these isolated cases . (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)After_all , social life in the group of the bees is by_no_means general , although it certainly is a striking feature . Related terms |
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