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ON NO ACCOUNT

Synonyms within Context: ON NO ACCOUNT

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

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.

Prohibition

Adverb: on no account; (no).

Refusal

Adverb: no; on no account, not for the world; no thank you, thanks but no thanks.

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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Use in Literature: ON NO ACCOUNT

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

Beyond it she would on no account proceed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expression: ON NO ACCOUNT

Expression using "ON NO ACCOUNT": ad on no account. Additional references.

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

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Modern Translation: ON NO ACCOUNT

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

Albanian

  

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

   

Arabic 

  

‏قطعا (absolutely, decidedly, definitely, firmly, in no way, noway, of course, sure). (various references)

   

Czech

  

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

   

Danish

  

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

   

Dutch

  

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

   

Faeroese

  

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

   

Finnish

  

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

   

French

  

en aucune manière, en aucune façon, en aucun cas. (various references)

   

German

  

auf keinen fall (by no means, in no case, in no circumstances, under no circumstances). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

με κανένα τρόπο. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

בשום אופן (by no means, in no way, not on your life, noway). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

semmi esetre sem (in no case, not on any account, noway, on no accounts, on no consideration). (various references)

   

Italian

  

in nessun modo (by no means, in no way, not at all, nowise). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

金輪際 (for all the world, never, not...at all, the deepest bottom of the earth, till doomsday). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

""り"ざい (for all the world, never, not...at all, the deepest bottom of the earth, till doomsday). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onay onay accountay

   

Polish

  

w żaden sposób. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

em hipótese alguma (by no means). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

sub nici un motiv (by). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

ни в коем случае (certainly not, in no event, noway, noways, nowise, under no circumstances). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nipokoju cenu (account: on no account). (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, under no circumstances), bajo ningún concepto (not at all). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

på inga villkor, ingalunda (by no means, in no way, no way, not at all, nothing). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

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), hiçbir şekilde (anywise, by no means, in no way, in no wise, never, not in the least, 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). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ON NO ACCOUNT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-n-n-n-o-o-o-t-u"

-3 letters: cocoanut.

-4 letters: account, coconut, cooncan.

-5 letters: cannon, cannot, canton, cocoon, toucan.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-c-n-n-n-o-o-o-t-u"
 

+4 letters: nonoccupational.

 

+5 letters: noncommunication.

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

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INDEX

1. Quotations: Fiction
2. Expressions
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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