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Meaning of devil a bit | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C1

Definitions

Synonym of not at all.

colloquial, dated, not-comparable

Examples

““Devil a bit, Ma’am,” said the Major. “We couldn’t afford⟳ it. Unless the world was peopled with J.B.’s—tough and blunt old Joes, Ma’am, plain red herrings with hard roes, Sir—we couldn’t afford⟳ it. It wouldn’t do.””

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

devilish devilishly devilward deviously devotedly devotionally

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