By No Means

Definition: By No Means

By No Means

Adverb

1. (informal) definitely not; "the prize is by no means certain"; "and that isn't all, not by a long sight".

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

Synonyms: By No Means

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.

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.

Crosswords: By No Means

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)

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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)

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.

I must think your statement by no means fair.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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)

An established strategy of the Chinese government in introducing foreign investment is "market share for advanced technology transfer" and the telecommunications sector is by no means an exception. (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)

Australia

Arthur Phillip landed at Sydney, and formal proclamation of the establishment of the Colony of New South Wales followed on February 7. Many but by no means all of the first settlers were convicts, condemned for offenses that today would often be thought trivial. (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.

Albanian

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

Arabic 

‏على الإطلاق (not on your life). (various references)

Bulgarian 

в никакъв случай. (various references)

Chinese 

絕 (absolutely, cut short, extinct, to disappear, to vanish). (various references)

Czech

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

Danish

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

Dutch

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

Esperanto

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

Faeroese

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

Finnish

ei kuinkaan (in no way, not at all, on no account). (various references)

French

loin de, en aucune manière, en aucune façon. (various references)

German

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

Greek 

καθόλου (any, at all, nohow, none, not a bit, not at all, not in the slightest, not nearly, whatsoever). (various references)

Hebrew 

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

Hungarian

semmi esetre. (various references)

Italian

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

Japanese Kanji 

真逆 , 決して (never), 中々 (considerably, easily, fairly, highly, quite, rather, readily, very), 中中 (considerably, easily, fairly, highly, quite, rather, readily, very), 否々 (reluctantly, unwillingly), 否否 (reluctantly, unwillingly). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

なかなか (considerably, easily, fairly, highly, quite, rather, readily, very), まさか, いやいや (grudgingly, reluctantly, shaking head in refusal, unwillingly), けっして (never). (various references)

Pig Latin

ybay onay eansmay

Polish

w żaden sposób. (various references)

Portuguese

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

Romanian

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

Russian 

никоим образом (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 (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 (in no way, no way, not at all, nothing, on no account). (various references)

Turkish

kesinlikle olmaz (no way), kesinlikle (absolutely, assuredly, blankly, 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, 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, in no way, never, under no circumstances), hiçbir şekilde (anywise, in no way, in no wise, never, not in the least, on no account, under no circumstances), asla (by no manner of 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, not at all). (various references)

Ukrainian

ні в якому разі (nohow, noway, noways, nowise). (various references)

haud, haut, immo, minime, nequaquam, neque, nequequam. (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: ambones, anonyms, bemoans, bynames, mannose, soybean.

-3 letters: annoys, anonym, anyone, baymen, beanos, bemoan, bonnes, byname, embays, maybes, moneys, yamens, yeoman.

-4 letters: abyes, abysm, aeons, ambos, amens, annoy, anomy, banes, banns, beams, beamy, beano, beans, bemas, benny, besom, bones, boney, bonne, bonny, ebons, ebony, embay, mabes, manes, manos, manse, mason, maybe, mayos, means, meany.

+5 letters: indemonstrably.