By-no-means meaning

(idiomatic) Certainly not; definitely not.

By no means am I suggesting that euthanasia should be outlawed, but rather that we should look at its inherent risks.

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The definition of by no means is absolutely or definitely not.

An example of by no means is how you might answer the question of whether you were late or not, if you were definitely on time.

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Sentence Examples

  • These are, however, by no means the heaviest - one, whose length is 7 ft.

  • In some localities, however, negative potential gradient is by no means uncommon, at least at some seasons, in the absence of rain.

  • Some of the Puritans, but by no means all, wore the hair closely cropped round the head, and there was thus an obvious contrast between them and the men of fashion with their long ringlets.

  • Hansen pointed out that this was by no means the case, for it is more difficult to separate the cells from each other in the gelatin than in the liquid.

  • It is by no means certain that he made the remark often attributed to him, "Let us enjoy the papacy since God has given it to us," but there is little doubt that he was by nature devoid of moral earnestness or deep religious feeling.

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