by no means

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

by no means

1. (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.

   • 1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling

     He by no means gave up his shop. On the contrary, he kept well abreast of new discoveries. He followed the great movement of chocolates; he was the first to introduce "cocoa" and "revalenta" into the Seine-Inferieure.

Translations

certainly not

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 絕不／绝不 (zh) (juébù), 绝不 (zh) (juébù), 決不／决不 (zh) (juébù), 决不 (zh) (juébù)

• Czech: v žádném případě
• Danish: ingenlunde, på ingen måde
• Dutch: zeker niet, in geen geval
• Finnish: ei suinkaan, ei missään nimessä
• French: en aucun cas (fr), aucunement (fr)
• Georgian: არანაირად (aranairad)
• German: keineswegs (de), auf keinen Fall (de)
• Icelandic: alls ekki (is)
• Italian: a nessun patto
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• Japanese: 決して (けっして, kesshite) (+ negative)
• Latin: nullo modo, minimē (la)
• Macedonian: во никој случај (vo nikoj slučaj)
• Portuguese: de modo algum
• Russian: нико́им о́бразом не (nikóim óbrazom ne), отню́дь не (ru) (otnjúdʹ ne), ниско́лько не (ru) (niskólʹko ne), ника́к не (ru) (nikák ne)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: naravno da ne

• Spanish: de ninguna manera, ni por asomo
• Turkish: asla (tr), ne olursa olsun, hiçbir şekilde

See also

• by all means
• by no stretch