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BY NO

Synonyms within Context: BY NO

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Dissent

Phrase: many men many minds; quot homines tot sententiae; tant s'en faut; il s'en faut bien;no way; by no means; count me out.

Negation

Adverb: no, nay, not, nowise; not a bit, not a whit, not a jot; not at all, nohow, not in the least, not so; negative, negatory; no way; no such thing; nothing of the kind, nothing of the sort; quite the contrary, tout au contraire, far from it; tant s'en faut; on no account, in no respect; by no, by no manner of means; negatively.

Smallness

Almost, nearly, well-nigh, short of, not quite, all but; near upon, close upon; peu s'en faut, near the mark; within an ace of, within an inch of; on the brink of; scarcely, hardly, barely, only just, no more than. about, thereabouts, somewhere about, nearly, say; be the same, be little more or less. no ways, no way, no wise; not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not a bit of it, not a whit, not a jot, not a shadow; in no wise, in no respect; by no means, by no manner of means; on no account, at no hand.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: BY NO

English words defined with "BY NO": Amicable numbersBy no manner of means, by no meansindifferentnot by a blame sight, not by a long sight, Not so neitherPrime numberTo congratulate one's selfuneventfulVacant succession. (references)
Specialty definitions using "BY NO": Cannot by no meansDeath's Head on a Mopstick, Denys, DrowsFood securityGlass Breakerheight-balanced treeMisnomers, MPC Level 1 SpecificationNon Return to Zero InvertedOffa's Dyke. (references)

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Modern Usage: BY NO

DomainUsage

Screenplays

A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting. (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco)

I've survived two avalanches, three blizzards, five Indian uprisings and seven Presidential elections but I've never been owned by no woman nor dog. (Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday; writing credit: Richard Shapiro)

Lyrics

By no means average (No Diggity; performing artist: Blackstreet)

I'm a man of means by no means, king of the road (KING OF THE ROAD; performing artist: Roger Miller)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: BY NO

DomainTitle

Books

  • By No Extraordinary Means: The Choice to Forgo Life-Sustaining Food & Water (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: BY NO

AuthorQuotation

Charles Caleb Colton

He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.

Ovid

Time glides away and as we get older through the noiseless years; the days flee and are restrained by no reign.

William Shakespeare

Give thy thoughts no tongue, nor any unproportioned thought his act. Be thou familiar but by no means vulgar.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: BY NO

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

But if any one should ask, Must the people then always lay themselves open to the cruelty and rage of tyranny? Must they see their cities pillaged, and laid in ashes, their wives and children exposed to the tyrant's lust and fury, and themselves and families reduced by their king to ruin, and all the miseries of want and oppression, and yet sit still? Must men alone be debarred the common privilege of opposing force with force, which nature allows so freely to all other creatures for their preservation from injury? I answer: Self-defence is a part of the law of nature; nor can it be denied the community, even against the king himself: but to revenge themselves upon him, must by no means be allowed them; it being not agreeable to that law. (Second Treatise of Government)

Communist Manifesto

1848

We by no means intend to abolish this personal appropriation of the products of labour, an appropriation that is made for the maintenance and reproduction of human life, and that leaves no surplus wherewith to command the labour of others. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: BY NO

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

I must think your statement by no means fair.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

They are by no means such good canaille as is believed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: BY NO

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

But it is by no means a new disease. (references)

Last, but by no means least, the NIH will continue to work closely with voluntary organizations such as the Alzheimer's Association. (references)

However, the absolute necessity for radiotherapy for survival benefits is by no means convincingly demonstrated at this time, and we must await the completion of current trials for clarification of this issue. (references)

Business

Growth in the luxury and spa sectors is by no means stagnant. (references)

While copyright piracy has by no means been eliminated, protection for books and periodicals has greatly improved. (references)

According to these decrees, the PIF is defined as a joint stock company of an open type (AOOT) which may be established by no more than 20 persons who are citizens of Uzbekistan. (references)

Civil Liberties

Lithuania

However, nontraditional religious communities must present an application, a founding statement signed by no less than 15 members, and a description of their religious teachings and their aims. (references)

Economic History

Zimbabwe

At present, many bureaucratic functions in this still heavily controlled economy are less than fully transparent and can by no means be considered streamlined. (references)

Botswana

U.S. businesses normally access the market through joint ventures with either the Botswana Telecommunication Corporation or local investors, although this route is by no means mandatory. (references)

Travel

Slovak Rep

Many, but by no means all, Slovak companies have English speakers among their top managers; U.S. business representatives should be prepared to do business through interpreters and allow for the possibility of occasional misunderstandings. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: BY NO

Expressions using "BY NO": by no manner of means by no mean by no means by no means!. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: BY NO

Language Translations for "BY NO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

në asnjë mënyrë (by no means, far from, no way, nohow, noway, nowise, on no account, possibly). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏على الإطلاق (by no means, not on your life). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

в никакъв случай (by no means). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(absolutely, by no means, cut short, extinct, to disappear, to vanish), 不一而足 (by no means an isolated case, numerous). (various references)

   

Czech

  

v žádném případì (by no means, nohow, on no account, out of the question). (various references)

   

Danish

  

ingenlunde (by no means, in no way, not at all, on no account). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

op geen enkele wýze (by no means, in no way, not at all, on no account), in geen geval (by no means, in no way, not at all, on no account), geenszins (by no means, in no way, not at all, on no account). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

neniel (by no means, in no way, not at all). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

á ongan hátt (by no means, in no way, not at all, on no account). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ei suinkaan (by no means, certainly not, on no account, surely not), ei mitenkään (by no means! on no account!, in no way), ei millään tavoin (by no means), ei millään muotoa (by no means, under no circumstances), ei kuinkaan (by no means, in no way, not at all, on no account). (various references)

   

French

  

loin de (by no means), en aucune manière (by no means), en aucune façon (by no means). (various references)

   

German

  

keineswegs (by no means, in no way, none too, not at all, not in the least, noway, on no account), auf keinen fall (by no means, in no case, in no circumstances, on no account, under no circumstances), beileibe (by no means). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καθόλου (any, at all, by no means, nohow, none, not a bit, not at all, not in the slightest, not nearly, whatsoever). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לא ולא (by no means, definitely not, thumbs down), בשום מקום (by no means), בשום אופן (by no means, in no way, not on your life, noway, on no account). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

semmi esetre (by no means). (various references)

   

Italian

  

per niente (anything, by no means, none, noway), per nessun modo (by no mean), in nessun modo (by no means, in no way, not at all, nowise, on no account). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

真逆 (by no means), 決して (by no means, never), 中々 (by no means, considerably, easily, fairly, highly, quite, rather, readily, very), 中中 (by no means, considerably, easily, fairly, highly, quite, rather, readily, very), 否々 (by no means, reluctantly, unwillingly), 否否 (by no means, reluctantly, unwillingly). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

なかなか (by no means, considerably, easily, fairly, highly, quite, rather, readily, very), まさか (by no means), いやいや (by no means, grudgingly, reluctantly, shaking head in refusal, unwillingly), けっして (by no means, never). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ybay onay

   

Polish

  

w żaden sposób. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

em hipótese alguma (by no means, on no account), de jeito nenhum (by no means, no, no way, noway). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

ba cã chiar (by no means, tell it to the marines, you don't say so), nu (by no means, nay, never, no, not), (by no means). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

никоим образом (by no means, in no shape or form, in no way, in no wise, no way, nohow, nowise). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nikako (means: by no means, never, no way, nohow, not at all, nothing, noway, nowise, poorly). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

de ninguna manera (by no means, certainly not, in no way, no way, not anywise, not at all, not in the least, not likely, not on your life, nothing doing, noway, noways, of no account, on no account, under no circumstances). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ingalunda (by no means, in no way, no way, not at all, nothing, on no account). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kesinlikle olmaz (by no means, no way), kesinlikle (absolutely, assuredly, blankly, by no means, certainly, decidedly, declaredly, definitely, emphatically, exactly, expressly, flatly, nohow, not by a fraction, of a surety, precisely, really, roundly, strictly, sure), katiyen (absolutely not, by no manner of means, by no means, in no degree, in no wise, never, no way, no whit, nohow, not a whit, not at all, nothing, noway, on no account), hiçbir suretle (by no manner of means, by no means, in no way, never, under no circumstances), hiçbir şekilde (anywise, by no means, in no way, in no wise, never, not in the least, on no account, under no circumstances), asla (by no manner of means, by no means, ever, far from, in no way, in no wise, ne'er, never, nevermore, no way, no whit, nohow, not a bit, not a whit, not an iota, not at all, not by a fraction, nothing, nothing doing, nowise, nuts, on no account). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

teя (bottom, by no means, not at all). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

ні в якому разі (by no means, nohow, noway, noways, nowise). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: BY NO

LanguageDateSourceRomans Chapter 3, Verse 6
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintMh genoito epei pwV krinei o qeoV ton kosmon
Latin405VulgateAbsit alioquin quomodo iudicabit Deus mundum
Old English990West SaxonNateshwon! Beo þæt swa, þonne hu meahte God deman þa eorþe?
Middle English1395WyclifAftir man Y seie. God forbede. Ellis hou schal God deme this world?
Renaissance English1526TyndaleGod forbid. For how then shall God iudge the worlde?
Jacobean English1611King JamesGod forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
Victorian English1833WebsterBy no means: for then how shall God judge the world?
Basic English1964OgdenIn no way: because if it is so, how is God able to be the judge of all the world?

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: BY NO

LanguageRomans Chapter 3, Verse 6
CebuanoPalayo kana! Kay sa ingon niana, unsaon pa man sa Dios sa paghukom sa kalibutan?
CroatianNipošto! Ta kako æe inaèe Bog suditi svijet?
DanishDet være langt fra! Thi hvorledes skal Gud ellers kunne dømme Verden?
DutchDat zij verre, anderszins hoe zal God de wereld oordelen?
FinnishPois se! Sillä kuinka Jumala silloin voisi tuomita maailman?
FrenchLoin de l ! Autrement, comment Dieu jugerait-il le monde?
GermanDas sei ferne! Wie könnte sonst Gott die Welt richten?
Haitian CreoleMen non! Si lè sa a Bondye pa gen rezon, ki jan Bondye va fè pou jije moun?
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSekali-kali tidak! Sebab kalau Allah tidak adil, bagaimanakah Ia dapat menghakimi dunia ini?
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaSekali-kali tidak, karena jikalau demikian, bagaimanakah Allah menghakimkan dunia ini?
ItalianImpossibile! Altrimenti, come potr Dio giudicare il mondo? -
MaoriKahore rapea: penei me pehea te Atua e whakawa ai i te ao?
NorwegianLangt derifra! hvorledes kunde Gud da dømme verden?
PortugueseDe modo nenhum; do contrário, como julgará Deus o mundo?   
RumanianNicidecum! Pentrucq, altfel, cum va judeca Dumnezeu lumea?
ShuarWarí, Yus pénkerchaitkiunka ¿itiurak Ashí shuara tunaarin Súmamtikiawarat? Kame Imiá pénkeraiti.
SwahiliHata kidogo! Ingekuwa hivyo, Mungu angewezaje kuuhukumu ulimwengu?
SwedishBort det! Huru skulle Gud då kunna döma världen?
Umatapi' pekiri-ra toe bate uma makono. Apa' ane ke uma-i monoa' Alata'ala, ke uma-i ma'ala mpohurai kara-kara hawe'ea manusia' hi Eo Kiama.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: BY NO

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: bony.

Words within the letters "b-n-o-y"

-1 letter: boy, nob, yob, yon.

-2 letters: bo, by, no, on, oy, yo.

 Words containing the letters "b-n-o-y"
 

+1 letter: boney, bonny, ebony, nobby, nobly.

 

+2 letters: barony, baryon, betony, beyond, botany, bouncy, bounty, briony, bronzy, browny, bryony, bygone, gobony, knobby, nobody, snobby.

 

+3 letters: amboyna, anybody, balcony, baloney, baryons, bayonet, benomyl, benzoyl, beyonds, biogeny, bionomy, bodying, bogyman, bogymen, boloney, bonnily, buoyant, buoying, buttony, bygones, embryon, ignobly, knobbly, linkboy, newsboy, nobbily, nonbody, notably, obeying, ribbony, sabayon, soybean, symbion.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Familiar
5. Quotations: Historic
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Expressions
9. Translations: Modern
10. Bible Trace
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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