nowhat

English

Etymology

no +‎ what

Adverb

nowhat (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Not at all; in no respect.
   • 1859, University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review (quoting an unnamed friend of Sir Thomas Wentworth)

     He was exceeding temperate in meat, drink, and recreations. He was nowhat given to his appetite; though he loved to see good meat at his table, yet he eat^[sic] very little of it himself; beef or rabbits was his ordinary food, or cold salted meats, or cheese and apples, and in moderate quantity.

   • 1913, Music News, volume 6, number 1, page 30:

     So the Elderly Person, being nowhat in awe of such a comrade, assured him that he was a good man, along certain lines, and the two men got along famously.

Related terms

• nohow
• somewhat