not by any means

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Adverb

not by any means (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Not at all, not in the slightest
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
     Episode 16

     Though unusual in the Dublin area he knew that it was not by any means unknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be abroad waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable pedestrians by placing a pistol at their head...