by no means
Étymologie
[modifier le wikicode]Locution adverbiale
[modifier le wikicode]by no means \baɪ nəʊ miːnz\
- Certainement pas, nullement, en aucun cas.
He was by no means a handsome man—perhaps the reverse.
— (Edgar Allan Poe, Mystification, 1837)But then, the idea was, that his presence was by no means necessary in getting the ship under weigh, and steering her well out to sea.
— (Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapitre 22, 1851)
Prononciation
[modifier le wikicode]- \baɪ ˈnoʊ ˌminz\ (États-Unis)
- \baɪ ˈnəʊ ˌmiːnz\ (Royaume-Uni)
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