By All Means

Definition: By All Means

By All Means

Adverb

1. (informal) definitely or certainly; "Visit us by all means".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Consent

Adverb: OK, yes; (assent); by all means; (willingly); no problem; if you please, as you please; be it so, so be it, well and good, of course; please do; don't hesitate.

Means

Adverb: by means of, with; by what means, by all means, by any means, by some means; wherewith, herewith, therewith; wherewithal.

Permission

Adverb: by leave, with leave, on leave; Noun: speciali gratia; under favor of; pace; ad libitum; (freely), (at will); by all means; (willingly); yes; (assent).

Willingness

A la bonne heure; by all means, by all manner of means; to one's heart's content; yes; (assent).

Crosswords: By All Means

By all means. (Vanilla Sky; writing credit: Alejandro Amenábar; Mateo Gil)

Well, by all means let's hear your opinion, Richard. (Ally McBeal; writing credit: Henri Vernes)

It would be difficult to-- Rome! By all means, Rome. (Roman Holiday; writing credit: Ian McLellan Hunter)

Then by all means To Hell with us (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright)

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Books

• By All Means, Resuscitate (reference)

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By all means subscribe to Life by the year. Credit: Library of Congress.

By all means, close the box!. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

By all means, Germany is not a stagnant market. (references)

Generally, foreign franchisers should be able to live comfortably within the Greek law, though the services of an attorney are by all means recommended. (references)

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Albanian

sigurisht (assuredly, certainly, Certes, decidedly, definitely, doubtless, indeed, of course, sure, surely, ywis), pa dyshim (admittedly, certainly, decidedly, definitely, distinctly, doubtless, ex cathedra, far and away, implicitly, out and out, quite so, sure enough, sure thing, surely, undoubtedly, unhesitatingly, without a doubt, without fail), në çdo mënyrë (anyhow, anyway, anywise, every inch, howsoever), gjithsesi (anyhow, in any case). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مهما يكلف الأمر, ‏بكل ما تحمل الكلمة من معنى. (various references)

Bulgarian 

определено (decidedly, definitely, precise), непременно (absolutely, certainly, definitely, indispensably, necessarily, needs, surely, to be sure, without fail), на всяка цена (at all costs, everyhow). (various references)

Chinese 

只管 (no need to think about; by all means, simply; just; merely). (various references)

Czech

rozhodnì (absolutely, categorically, certainly, decidedly, decisively, definitely, flatly, in any event, strongly, surely). (various references)

Finnish

kaikin mokomin (don't mention it). (various references)

French

par tout le sens, par tous les moyens (by hook or by crook), par n'importe quelle façon (by hook or by crook). (various references)

German

unter allen Umständen (at all events, by hook or by crook), durchaus (absolutely, completely, definitely, perfectly, quite, really, thoroughly, without fail). (various references)

Greek 

παρακαλώ (ask, beg, beseech, go ahead, implore, petition, plead, please, pray, request, solicit, urge, you are welcome). (various references)

Hebrew 

ב�"חלט (absolutely, certainly, definitely, far and away, flat, quite so, rather). (various references)

Hungarian

feltétlenül (absolutely, by all odds, definitely, necessarily, sure enough), mindenképpen (absolutely, anyhow, at all events, definitely, doubtless, either way, in any case, to be sure, without fail), mindenesetre (anyhow, anyway, at all events, at any rate, in any case, in any event, leastways, leastwise, whatever). (various references)

Indonesian

karuan saja (of course). (various references)

Italian

con ogni mezzo. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

手鍋提�'ても (even if it means living in dire poverty), 是非共 , 是非とも , 何が何でも (by all costs), 何でもか�"でも (anything and everything), 何でも (everything), 何�' (kindly, please), と�"べて (after all, anyhow, at all, at any rate, at best, at most, compared with, in any case, it cannot be helped, kindly, please, somehow or other, there is a possibility, there is a tendency, there is no other way, what's the best thing to do?, What's the matter?, What's wrong?), 如何しても (after all, at any cost, at any rate, cravingly, in the long run, no matter what, surely). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぜひとも, なにがな�"でも (by all costs), なにとぞ (kindly, please), な�"でもか�"でも (anything and everything), な�"でも (everything), どうぞ (kindly, please), どうしても (after all, at any cost, at any rate, cravingly, in the long run, no matter what, surely), てなべさ�'ても (even if it means living in dire poverty). (various references)

Pig Latin

ybay allay eansmay

Portuguese

de todo jeito (anyhow), certamente (all right, aright, certainly, indeed, naturally, sure, surely). (various references)

Romanian

ba bine cã nu (be sure, I dare say, rather, sure enough, why to be sure), prin toate mijloacele posibile (by hook or by crook), cu orice preţ (at all costs, by fair means or foul, by hook or by crook). (various references)

Russian 

во что бы то ни стало (at all costs, at any cost, at any price). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

u svakom slučaju (anyhow, anyway, case: in any case, event: at all events, event: in any event, means: by all means, rate: at any rate). (various references)

Spanish

sin falta (without fail), claro que sí (indeed, indeed yes). (various references)

Swedish

visst (bet you, certainly, every time, of course, sure, sure thing). (various references)

Turkish

elbette (absolutely, assuredly, certainly, definitely, doubtless, naturally, no wonder, of course, precisely, quite, quite so, sure, sure enough, surely, without fail, you bet), şüphesiz (beyond doubt, certain, certainly, clearly, decided, decidedly, definite, doubtless, easily, indubitable, no doubt, of course, sure, sure as death, undisputed, undoubted, unquestioned, without doubt, without fail). (various references)

Ukrainian

за всяку ціну, будь-яким способом (anyhow). (various references)

immo, prorsus, quippe, utique. (various references)

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

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: amenably, saleably, seamanly.

-3 letters: abysmal, alanyls, amylase, analyse, balneal, banally, basally, baseman, bellman, bynames, mesally, namable, nasally, salable, salably, sayable.

-4 letters: alanyl, allays, alleys, ambles, ameban, amebas, anally, ballsy, balsam, basely, bayman, baymen, belays, blames, byname, embays, labels, lamely, lanely, layman, laymen, leanly, lemans, llamas, maybes, meanly, measly, mensal, namely, nyalas, sanely, seaman.