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Meaning of not by any means | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2

Definitions

Not at all, not in the slightest

idiomatic, not-comparable

Examples

“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...”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

not even not exactly not half not hardly not here for a haircut not if, but when